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Effect of Educational Intervention in Patients With Low-Risk Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

NCT00932711 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 4000

Last updated 2009-07-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if educational intervention is effective in reducing exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with low-risk disease.

Conditions

  • Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Educational brochures

A locally developed educational brochure containing information about smoking cessation, influenza and pneumococcal vaccination, regular exercise, compliance with prescribed COPD therapy and recognition of symptoms, along with a goal setting questionnaire

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Midwest Health Care Network

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Kathryn Rice, MD · Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-07-31
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2011-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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