Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients With Fibrotic Interstitial Lung Disease

January 11, 2008 updated by: University of California, San Francisco
Our study aims to investigate the benefits of an outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program in a population of subjects with fibrotic interstitial lung disease. Our hypothesis is that pulmonary rehabilitation will lead to improvements in quality of life, breathlessness, exercise capacity and pulmonary function in this patient population.

Study Overview

Status

Terminated

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • California
      • San Francisco, California, United States, 94123
        • University of California at San Francisco

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Restriction on pulmonary function testing (TLC <80%, FEV1/FVC ratio > predicted or DLCO < 80%)
  2. Evidence of fibrosis on high resolution computed tomography of the chest.
  3. Fibrosis on surgical lung biopsy if performed
  4. Referral for pulmonary rehabilitation

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Participation in pulmonary rehabilitation in the past 24 months
  2. Inability to complete 6 minute walk test or study questionnaires
  3. Limitations other than dyspnea (e.g. arthritis) that affect ability to participate in pulmonary rehabilitation
  4. Baseline 6 minute walk distance > 400 meters
  5. Planned change in medication treatment for lung disease during the course of pulmonary rehabilitation
  6. Ejection fraction known to be < 25%
  7. Contraindications to pulmonary rehabilitation (clinically unstable, uncontrolled arrhythmia or hypertension, symptomatic or uncontrolled hypotension with systolic blood pressure of < 95, active angina, unexplained syncope or worsening dizziness, limiting orthopedic or neurological disorders, psychiatric impairment that inhibits cooperation in the program)
  8. FEV1/FVC < 65%
  9. Unable to provide informed consent

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Harold R Collard, MD, University of California at San Francisco

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 20, 2006

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 21, 2006

First Posted (Estimate)

December 22, 2006

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

January 15, 2008

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 11, 2008

Last Verified

January 1, 2008

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • H52476-29802-01

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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