University of Pennsylvania
The purpose of the study is to follow participants who enrolled in the Lung Transplant Outcomes Group. Clinical data, functional assessments, and surveys will be collected to determine long term graft function and functional status of lung transplant recipients.
This project will involve both retrospective and prospective data collection from participants enrolled in the LTOG cohort studies. We will perform long-term Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction (CLAD) phenotyping of lung transplant recipients who participated in the LTOG cohort studies utilizing data collected for routine clinical visits. Surviving lung transplant recipients who participated in the LTOG cohort studies will be recruited to enroll in the longitudinal portion of the project. The longitudinal component will include follow-up data collection at 6 month intervals while alive until st…
Inclusion criteria Long-term phenotyping of CLAD * Lung transplant recipients who have previously enrolled in the LTOG cohort studies at one of the participating centers Long-term functional status and well-being * Lung transplant recipients who have previously enrolled in the LTOG cohort studies at one of the participating centers * Alive Exclusion Criteria Long-term phenotyping of CLAD * Lung transplant recipient not enrolled in LTOG cohort research studies Long-term functional status and well-being * Lung transplant recipient not enrolled in the LTOG cohort research studies * Lung…