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Effect of Oxygen in Normoxaemic COPD Patients Who Desaturate During Exercise

NCT00592033 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2012-03-22

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Summary

In COPD patients with desaturation during exercise, several studies have shown an acute beneficial effect of supplemental oxygen. Therefore, both the British Thoracic Society and the American Thoracic Society guidelines recommend supplemental oxygen to patients who desaturate \>4% and to below 88-90%. However, long-term studies have not been able to support this intervention. In this study of COPD patients, who desaturate and participate in a 7-week pulmonary rehabilitation programme, we examine the effect of supplemental oxygen on exercise tolerance, health status, and exacerbation rates. In a randomised design patients trained either with room air or with 2 litres oxygen per minute from a portable oxygen concentrator. All patients were asked to exercise every day for 30 minutes.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

oxygen from a portable concentrator

2 l/minute during exercise

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Danish Lung Association

    collaborator OTHER

  • Hvidovre University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas J Ringbaek, doctor · Hvidovre Hospital, University hospital, Cardio-pulmonary depart.

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-05-31
Primary Completion
2011-12-31
Completion
2011-12-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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