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Community-Based Maintenance Exercise Program for COPD

NCT01942499 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 98

Last updated 2018-07-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

It is well established that individuals living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) demonstrate significant improvements following a formal rehabilitation program. The problem lies in the fact that these functional improvements diminish over a 12 month period. This decline in function is associated with decreased participation, a decline in health status, and an increased need to access the healthcare system. The objective of this project is to evaluate the effectiveness of a post-rehabilitation community-based exercise program for individuals with COPD and compare the outcomes with those achieved through standard care.

Individuals with COPD who have completed a previous rehabilitation program will be enrolled in the study. Study participants will be assigned randomly to either a year-long community exercise program or usual care. Those assigned to the community program will exercise twice weekly at a local community centre supervised by trained fitness instructors. A case manager will facilitate the transition from the hospital rehabilitation program to the community centre. The case manager will also be available to participants and instructors for consult as needed. Continuing to build on an established partnership with the City of Toronto, the case manager will ensure fitness instructors receive specialized training in order to properly supervise and support the individuals with COPD. Participants assigned to usual care group will receive standard care by their family physician and respiratory specialist. Functional status will be evaluated before the program begins and again at 6-months and 1-year. The outcome of each group will be compared to determine the effectiveness of the community exercise program. It is hypothesized that individuals who participate in the community exercise program will have better function and quality of life versus those individuals who receive standard care.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Community-based exercise program

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ontario Lung Association

    collaborator OTHER

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • West Park Healthcare Centre

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Roger Goldstein, MD · West Park Healthcare Centre

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-30
Primary Completion
2018-07-31
Completion
2018-07-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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