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The Effect of Physical Activity Promotion on Short and Long-term Outcomes in COPD

NCT02099799 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 153

Last updated 2021-09-05

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Summary

COPD currently afflicts 24 million US residents; the prevalence of COPD is high among Veterans. Persons with COPD have significant functional disability as a result of the disease. This project will determine whether a novel Internet-mediated walking program coupled with a pedometer can improve exercise capacity, improve health-related quality of life, and decrease the risk of acute exacerbations in persons with COPD. If successful, based on estimates that 33 to 64% of COPD patients are Internet users, the proposed exercise intervention could help over 8 million persons. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has a strong commitment to providing care to persons with COPD and supporting research directed at COPD-related disability. The 2012-2016 Strategic Plan of the VHA Office of Research and Development includes research in COPD rehabilitation. The proposed research addresses Rehabilitation R\&D Service's current priority area of improving disabled Veterans' health-related quality of life by reducing disease burden and maximizing functional recovery.

Conditions

  • COPD
  • Emphysema
  • Chronic Bronchitis

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Pedometer and Website

Pedometer and website with feedback, goal setting, educational and motivational content, and community forum.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Marilyn L. Moy, MD · VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-11-17
Primary Completion
2019-11-01
Completion
2020-02-07

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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