The COPSAC₂₀₁₀ Cohort

The COPSAC₂₀₁₀ birth cohort is a population based longitudinal clinical study of 800 pregnant women and their offspring.

It is the overriding objective to reduce the burden of disease from asthma and other wheezy disorders, eczema and allergy in young children and the long term impact to humans and society.

The COPSAC₂₀₁₀ study builds on the comprehensive experience and knowledge gained from the COPSAC₂₀₀₀ birth cohort, which has been monitored closely for 10 years. Building the novel COPSAC₂₀₁₀ birth cohort, we utilized the same standard operating procedures, infrastructure and skilled personal, assuring the clinical aspects of the study goals will be achieved.

The families are monitored closely from week 24 of mothers pregnancy till age 3 year of the offspring with 10 scheduled visits to the research centre and additional visits at onset of any skin or wheezy symptom.

A major effort is the detailed clinical phenotyping and assessments of genetics, immunology and microbiology.