Long-Term Integrated Telerehabilitation of COPD Patients. A Multi-Center Trial

Summary

This research project aims to conduct a three-arm multi-center randomized controlled trial (RCT) on an innovative telerehabilitation intervention for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The overall purpose of the RCT is to demonstrate whether long-term integrated telerehabilitation involving exercise training at home, telemonitoring, and education/self-management will prevent hospital readmissions, thus reducing healthcare costs, for patients with COPD, and will improve patient status and quality of life.

Conditions

• Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise training at home

BEHAVIORAL

Telemonitoring and education/self-management

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The Research Council of Norway

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• The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health

  collaborator OTHER

• LHL Helse

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Tromso

  collaborator OTHER

• La Trobe University

  collaborator OTHER

• The Alfred

  collaborator OTHER

• Aalborg University

  collaborator OTHER

• Esbjerg Hospital - University Hospital of Southern Denmark

  collaborator OTHER

• Esbjerg Municipality

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• University Hospital of North Norway

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Paolo Zanaboni, PhD · University Hospital of North Norway

• Anne E Holland, PhD · La Trobe University

• Birthe Dinesen, PhD · Aalborg University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

40 Years

Max Age

80 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2014-10-31

Primary Completion

2018-12-31

Completion

2018-12-31

Countries

• Australia
• Denmark
• Norway

Study Locations