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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Outpatient on Demand Clinic

NCT00556816 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2015-09-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) is a chronic disease which is increasing. Patients with COPD are the most important concern of the pulmonologists. At the outpatient clinic has been observed that the amount of new and regular COPD patients is of such a size that it seems to overwhelm the capacity of the outpatient clinic. Solutions could be substitution of medical care, longer intervals between the appointments or discharge from secondary medical care to primary care. The first point does not solve the lack of capacity, the second point is not allowed because it will decrease quality of care and transition of care is a temporary solution. COPD is a complex disease, whereby, and certainly in an advanced stadium, multidisciplinary and qualified expertise is needed.

The optimal control frequency of patients with COPD is unknown. COPD is a disease with fluctuating activity and complaints over time. There is a chance that patients are seen at a stable state at the regular outpatient clinical visits instead of moments when medical care is obligated. The regular management of the outpatient clinic will therefore result in an ineffective treatment of COPD patients. In this way general practitioners and even patients could suggest that visits to the outpatient pulmonary clinic are confounding less to a good treatment of COPD.

Outpatient clinical care on demand, initiated by patients in other chronic patient groups like rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel diseases, are proven to be safe and effective leading to less consumption and costs of medical care in comparison to standard outpatient clinical visits 2-5.

The outpatient clinical care on demand for COPD is not figured out yet. Our aim is to investigate whether this special type of outpatient clinical care is effective in the management of COPD.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

on demand clinic

Outpatient on demand clinic

BEHAVIORAL

Control

conventional outpatient clinic

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Isala

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • L.N. Boom, Drs. · Isala

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-09-30
Primary Completion
2011-10-31
Completion
2011-10-31

Countries

  • Netherlands

Study Locations

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Diseases

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