A Controlled Study of Community-based Exercise Training in Patients With Moderate COPD

November 8, 2013 updated by: Shefalee Amin, University of California, Los Angeles
The effectiveness of clinic-based pulmonary rehabilitation in advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is well established, but few data exist for less severe patients treated in alternative settings. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a novel, community-based exercise program was feasible and effective for patients with moderate COPD.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

19

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

  • United States
    • California
      • Westwood, California, United States, 90095
        • UCLA

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

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • patients with moderate COPD and self-reported exercise impairment

Exclusion Criteria:

  • current smokers, pulmonary diseases other than COPD, use of supplemental oxygen, musculoskeletal disease that impaired exercise performance and unstable coronary artery disease or congestive heart failure

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: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control
Experimental: Exercise
Enrollment in pulmonary rehabilitation
Other: Exercise

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Endurance
Time Frame: 12 weeks
Change in endurance of physical activity was measured in seconds.
12 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Muscle Strength
Time Frame: 12 weeks
Change in muscle strength was measures in pounds of weight lifted
12 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

University of California, Los Angeles

Investigators

  • Study Director: Christopher Cooper, MD, University of California, Los Angeles

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

December 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2011

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

November 1, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 8, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

November 15, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

November 15, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 8, 2013

Last Verified

November 1, 2013

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Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 11-000175

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