- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT04415788
Inspiratory Muscle Training and COPD
Novel Versus Traditional Inspiratory Muscle Training Regimens as Home-based, Stand-alone Therapies in COPD
Subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) frequently develop considerable deterioration in exercise capacity in association with weakness and deconditioning of the respiratory muscles, which can be corrected with specific therapies. While pulmonary rehabilitation is a central component in the rather complex manangement of COPD, there is currently a lack of centers able to provide appropriate rehabilitation services in the Czech Republic. The main objective of this study will be to fully evaluate the utility of the Test of Incremental Respiratory Endurance (TIRE) as an at-home inspiratory muscle training method in subjects with COPD, while comparing the effectiveness of this novel training approach to the outcomes of more traditional ispiratory muscle training protocols.
This prospective, randomized controlled trial will include 2 treatment groups and 1 sham intervention group in a 1:1:1 ratio. All participants will undergo a certain type of IMT regardless of group assignment, which will be perfomed via two different devices. The trial will comprise of an 8-week at-home training period with remote supervision followed by 4 months of unsupervised, independent inspiratory muscle training. Study outcomes will include measures of inspiratory muscle strength and endurance, pulmonary function, COPD-specific symptomatology, functional exercise capacity, surrogate markers of mortality risk, mental health status and health-related quality of life of participants. While investigators acknowledge the value of standard inspiratory muscle training protocols which use Threshold devices, investigators believe that the TIRE training has the potential to provide additional clinical benefits since it is able to modulate all aspects of muscular performance, including strength, endurance and work capacity. Investigators hypothesize that, as a home-based stand-alone rehabilitative therapy, TIRE will be superior to standard IMT in improving COPD-related measures.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Detailed Description
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Ladislav Batalik, PT, PhD
- Phone Number: 00420532233123
- Email: batalik.ladislav@fnbrno.cz
Study Locations
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Brno, Czechia, 62500
- Recruiting
- University Hospital Brno
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Contact:
- Ladislav Batalik
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- individuals over the age of 40
- clinical and functional diagnosis of COPD
- Global Initiative of Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) - stages I to IV
- evidence of inspiratory muscle weakness, defined as a MIP ≤ 80 cmH2O and a SMIP ≤ 427 PTU
- ability to operate a computer, tablet or smartphone
- clinical stability with no history of infections or exacerbation of respiratory symptoms for at least two months prior to study enrollment
- non-participation in exercise programs in the past 12 months.
Exclusion Criteria:
- subjects with history of lung surgery, lung cancer,
- any diagnosed cognitive (i.e. Mini Mental State Examination score < 24),
- orthopedic, neurological or neuromuscular disorders
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
- Allocation: RANDOMIZED
- Interventional Model: PARALLEL
- Masking: SINGLE
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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EXPERIMENTAL: Test of Incremental Respiratory Endurance - IMT
Training will consist of six levels (A-F) with six inspirations at each level for up to 36 breaths per session.
TIRE data will be stored in the tablet and automatically synced to account on cloud-based online platform for subsequent interrogation and data retrieval.
Before every training session, subjects will be required to complete one maximal and sustained inspiratory effort from which the training is based on for that day.
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The TIRE training regimen will involve the use of a tablet provided to assigned subjects with the training software installed and a PrO2® device through which they will train.
The software allows subjects to track their inspiratory muscle performance via real-time graphic representations of their efforts as training progresses.
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EXPERIMENTAL: Threshold - IMT
Subjects assigned to the Standard training regimen will receive a commonly used Threshold inspiratory muscle trainer.
This device features a one-way spring-loaded valve at one end and a mouthpiece on the other through which subjects will be required to breathe in hard enough to overcome the resistance provided by the spring-loaded valve, allowing correct inspiration to happen.
In other words, air flow is blocked until subjects generate sufficient inspiratory pressure to exceed the device pre-set pressure in cmH2O.
The resistance will be set using the device's adjustable pressure setting which is fixed at 50% of the subject's MIP at the time of enrollment.
The resistance will be readjusted as needed at week 4 to still reflect 50% of their inspiratory muscle strength at that time.
Subjects will be coached to perform up to 36 breaths daily using the device.
They will be also instructed to complete the training session within a 30-minute period.
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The Threshold incorporates a flow-independent one-way valve to ensure consistent resistance and features an adjustable specific pressure setting to be set based on MIP values of each subject.
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SHAM_COMPARATOR: Sham IMT (Low resistence)
The Sham (Low Resistance) training regimen will use the same methods described above for the Standard IMT, except for the amount of resistance applied within the device.
Subjects will receive a Threshold which has been set to its minimal resistance, which is 9 cmH2O.
Again, subjects will be instructed to perform up to 36 breaths daily using the device within a 30-minute period.
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The Threshold incorporates a flow-independent one-way valve to ensure consistent resistance and features an adjustable specific pressure setting to be set based on MIP values of each subject.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Sustained Maximal Inspiratory Pressure (SMIP)
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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The primary outcome measure will be SMIP, which will be obtained along with MIP and ID in every subject using the PrO2® device, an electronic pressure manometer which utilizes wireless technology to connect to a tablet containing the software of the Test of Incremental Respiratory Endurance.
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Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Maximal Inspiratory Pressure (MIP)
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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MIP will be obtained from a maximal inspiratory effort from residual volume using the TIRE software and recorded in centimeters of water.
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Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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Inspiratory Duration (ID)
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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ID will be obtained from a maximal and sustained inspiratory effort using the TIRE software and recorded in seconds.
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Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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Other Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Forced expiratory volume in the first second (FEV1)
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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FEV1 will be obtained from pulmonary function tests which comprise post-bronchodilator spirometry using SpiroScout® and whole-body plethysmography using the PowerCube® Body
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Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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Inspiratory capacity (IC)
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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IC will be obtained from pulmonary function tests which comprise post-bronchodilator spirometry using SpiroScout® and whole-body plethysmography using the PowerCube® Body
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Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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Forced vital capacity (FVC)
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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FVC will be obtained from pulmonary function tests which comprise post-bronchodilator spirometry using SpiroScout® and whole-body plethysmography using the PowerCube® Body
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Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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Six-minute Walk Test (6MWT)
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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Functional exercise capacity will be determined using the 6MWT.
The best distance covered over a time of 6 minutes will be recorded in metres.
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Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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Modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) Dyspnea Scale
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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This scale ranges from zero to four, with higher scores indicating a greater degree of breathlessness.
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Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale (HADS)
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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The questionnaire comprises seven questions for anxiety and seven questions for depression.
Each item on the questionnaire is scored from 0-3 and this means that a person can score between 0 and 21 for either anxiety or depression.
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Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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St.George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ)
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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The SGRQ is a 50-item questionnaire developed to measure health status (quality of life) in patients with diseases of airways obstruction.
Scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more limitations.
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Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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COPD Assessment Test (CAT)
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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This instrument that can quantify the impact of COPD on the patient's health.
The CAT has a scoring range of 0-40.
Higher scores denote a more severe impact of COPD.
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Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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Satisfaction - self-completed questionnaire
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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Subjects will be provided with a 5-item self-completed questionnaire developed by our research team that will measure their satisfaction with the intervention they received and the study in general.
The items will be presented in the form of statements to which subjects will be asked to respond using a 1-5 Likert scale ("strongly agree", "agree", "not sure", "disagree", and strongly disagree").
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Change from baseline to 8 weeks and 24 weeks
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Study Director: Filip Dosbaba, PT, PhD, University Hospital Brno, Czech Republic
Publications and helpful links
Helpful Links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (ACTUAL)
Primary Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ACTUAL)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- BrnoUH RHO AZVj 2021
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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