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Early Pulmonary Rehabilitation Following Acute COPD Exacerbation

NCT00557115 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2020-12-24

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Summary

The principal aim of the study is to evaluate whether attendance at an exercise training and education programme (known as pulmonary rehabilitation) shortly following hospital discharge can lead to a reduction in exacerbations and improvement in exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Early pulmonary rehabilitation (EPR)

Multidisciplinary exercise programme in the format of standard pulmonary rehabilitation. Consists of 2 supervised exercise and educations sessions per week for up to 16 sessions within 3-months. Participants are encouraged to keep an exercise diary at perform at least one exercise session at home unsupervised.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • British Lung Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • King's College Hospital NHS Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • John Moxham, MD FRCP · King's College London

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-01-31
Primary Completion
2008-04-15
Completion
2008-04-16

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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