Rehabilitation in Subjects With Moderate Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

March 22, 2011 updated by: Bispebjerg Hospital

Early Detection and Rehabilitation of Subjects With COPD - Rehabilitation in Moderate COPD

The study is a single-center randomized, unblinded, placebo-controlled study to investigate the effect of pulmonary rehabilitation in subjects with moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Study Overview

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

61

Phase

  • Not Applicable

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

65 years and older (OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. A diagnosis of moderate COPD.
  2. Motivation for Pulmonary rehabilitation.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Comorbidity contraindicating rehabilitation.
  2. Participation in pulmonary rehabilitation within the last year.
  3. Cognitive disorders limiting the ability to participate in physical training and education sessions.

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: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Pulmonary rehabilitation
A standardized 7 week rehabilitation program, including physical training and education.
PLACEBO_COMPARATOR: Control
Conventional care

Collaborators and Investigators

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

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 Start

January 1, 2007

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

January 1, 2011

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

March 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 22, 2011

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 22, 2011

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

March 23, 2011

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

March 23, 2011

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 22, 2011

Last Verified

January 1, 2011

More Information

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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