Home-based Exercise Training for COPD Patients (HOMEX-1)

December 23, 2021 updated by: University of Zurich

Effects of a Long-term Home-based Exercise Training Program Using Minimal Equipment vs. Usual Care in COPD Patients: a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a home-based exercise training program in COPD patients who have completed a pulmonary rehabilitation.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Exercise training is an important component of the management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and numerous trials have shown large improvements in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and exercise capacity in persons with COPD. However, the great majority of patients who would benefit from pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) never follow such a program. Moreover, many COPD patients are either not instructed to exercise at all or fail to adhere to exercise training at home after completing pulmonary rehabilitation.

This study evaluates an exercise training program that requires minimal equipment (i.e., only a chair and elastic bands) and can be easily implemented long-term in the patient's home-setting.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

123

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

      • Barmelweid, Switzerland, 5017
        • Klinik Barmelweid
      • Heiligenschwendi, Switzerland, 3625
        • Berner Reha Zentrum AG
      • Wald, Switzerland, 8636
        • Zürcher RehaZentren Wald
      • Winterthur, Switzerland, 8401
        • Kantonsspital Winterthur
      • Zurich, Switzerland, 8001
        • University of Zurich

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

40 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Signed informed consent after being informed
  • Diagnosis of COPD, defined as forced expiratory volume in 1s/forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC)<70% predicted, FEV1<80 % predicted after bronchodilation, with or without chronic symptoms (cough, sputum production) corresponding to a GOLD stage II-IV
  • Completion of an inpatient or outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation not longer than 1 months ago
  • Male and female patients ≥40 years of age
  • Knowledge of German language to understand study material and assessments

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients not able to conduct the exercise training program due to physical, cognitive or safety reasons, as judged by investigator; e.g., lower limb joint surgery within preceding 3 months, unstable cardiac disease, predominant neurological limitations.

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: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Exercise intervention
Home-based, minimal equipment exercise training program.
Home-based exercise training program that requires only minimal equipment, and is individually adaptable to the participant's exercise level (6 times per week; 15-20 min; 38 exercise cards and one interactive training agenda booklet). After randomization, a health care professional (HOMEX coach) will visit the intervention group participants at their home to set up the training location, to instruct the exercises and to establish individualized goals. Follow-up visits are planned after 3 and 8-9 weeks. Regular telephone calls will be conducted by the same HOMEX coach to motivate the patients, to discuss training progress and concrete benefits and barriers, and to adapt goals and the training program. Additional intervention elements are that a relative or friend is involved as a "sparring" partner to support the participant. The general practitioner is informed about the participation of his/her patient in the intervention.
No Intervention: Control
Usual care (study participation does not have any impact on regular treatment or treatment decisions, including participation in other exercise training programs or rehabilitation programs)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Dyspnea
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 12 months
Dyspnea domain of the Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (CRQ); 5 questions; 7-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (most severe dyspnea) to 7 (no dyspnea)
Change from baseline to 12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Dyspnea
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 3, 6 and 12 months
Dyspnea domain of the Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (CRQ); 5 questions; 7-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (most severe dyspnea) to 7 (no dyspnea)
Change from baseline to 3, 6 and 12 months
Exercise capacity
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 12 months

Six-Minute Walk Test (walk distance) and

1-min Sit-to-Stand Test (number of repetitions)

Change from baseline to 12 months
Health-related quality of life
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 12 months
Chronic Respiratory Questionnaires (CRQ): Fatigue, emotional function, mastery domain and EuroQoL (EQ-5D-5L): 5 Dimensions - Mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, anxiety/depression including 1 item each with 5 levels
Change from baseline to 12 months
Health status
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 12 months
Visual analogue scale "Feeling thermometer" (0-100 scale; 0= "worst health you can imagine"; 100="best health you can imagine")
Change from baseline to 12 months
Exacerbations
Time Frame: During entire study, assessed at 12 months
Event based, patient reported
During entire study, assessed at 12 months
Symptoms
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 12 months
Questionnaire, COPD Assessment Test
Change from baseline to 12 months

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Compliance to the exercise training program
Time Frame: Assessed daily by intervention group participants during 12 months
Percentage of fulfilled training sessions based on training diaries
Assessed daily by intervention group participants during 12 months
Satisfaction with the exercise training program
Time Frame: From baseline to 12 months
Questionnaire (Likert-Type scales)
From baseline to 12 months
Experience with the exercise training program
Time Frame: From baseline to 12 months (assessed at 12 months)
Semi-structured interview
From baseline to 12 months (assessed at 12 months)
Health professionals' feedback
Time Frame: Assessed at 12 months
Semi-structured interview
Assessed at 12 months
Cost effectiveness
Time Frame: From baseline to 12 months (assessed at 3, 6, 12 months)
Questionnaire: cost per quality-adjusted life year
From baseline to 12 months (assessed at 3, 6, 12 months)

Collaborators and Investigators

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Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 24, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

March 20, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

September 15, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 6, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 5, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

March 12, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

December 27, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 23, 2021

Last Verified

December 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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