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GPIAG and Leicester Asthma and Dysfunctional Breathing (GLAD) Study: a Randomised Controlled Study

NCT00515840 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 182

Last updated 2015-11-05

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Summary

Breathing retraining supervised by a physiotherapist will result in improvements in the quality of life and asthma control of patients treated for asthma in the community with symptoms suggestive of dysfunctional breathing.

To investigate the effects of breathing retraining on clinical and physiological parameters of asthma control, to identify the characteristics of patients who benefit, to perform a health economic evaluation.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Physiotherapist

Physiotherapist administered breathing retraining programme

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospitals, Leicester

    collaborator OTHER

  • P Burns

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mike Thomas · University of Aberdeen

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
17 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-10-31
Primary Completion
2007-12-31
Completion
2007-12-31

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