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Respiratory Disease Management

NCT01543217 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 428

Last updated 2021-07-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study is to reduce the number of subsequent hospital admissions and/or emergency department (ED) visits for hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by utilizing a respiratory care practitioner-led disease management (RCP-DM) program compared to standard discharge instructions and planning.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

RT management

Patients assigned to the RT management arm will receive a 1-hour educational in-service conducted by a respiratory therapist case manager. The patient education session will include general information about COPD, direct observation of inhaler techniques, a review and adjustment of outpatient COPD medications, smoking cessation counseling, recommendations concerning influenza and pneumococcal vaccinations, encouragement of regular exercise, and instruction in hand hygiene.

OTHER

Ususal care

Routine respiratory care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Barnes-Jewish Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marin Kollef, MD · Washington University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
64 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-07-31
Primary Completion
2015-10-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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