# Pulmonary Embolism as a Cause of COPD Exacerbations

> **NCT02238639** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Ministry of Health, Spain** · enrollment: 746 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Pulmonary Embolism
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Diagnostic and therapeutic strategy: Highly sensitive D-dimer testing and, if positive, multidetector computed tomographic pulmonary angiography (MDCT).

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02238639
- **Lead sponsor:** Ministry of Health, Spain
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER_GOV
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2014-10
- **Primary completion:** 2020-10
- **Final completion:** 2020-12
- **Target enrollment:** 746 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2022-12-01

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02238639

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02238639, "Pulmonary Embolism as a Cause of COPD Exacerbations". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-09-04 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02238639. Licensed CC0.

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