Does Pulmonary Rehabilitation Improve Frailty?

NCT02512874 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 65

Last updated 2020-06-23

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Summary

Frailty is a state of health with predisposition to adverse events, morbidity and mortality. Frailty consists of weakness, slowness, low physical activity, exhaustion, and wasting. Frailty is associated with increased hospitalizations and death in lung disease. It is unknown if pulmonary rehabilitation will improve frailty markers.

Conditions

  • Disease, Pulmonary

Interventions

OTHER

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Measures of frailty taken before and after pulmonary rehabilitation.

DEVICE

Dynamometer

Grip Test

RADIATION

DEXA

Body Composition Testing

OTHER

Gait Speed Test

15 foot walk test

DEVICE

Activity Monitor

Measures energy expenditure and activity

OTHER

Questionnaires

Health-related questionnaires measuring self-reported exhaustion, emotions and disease symptoms.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH
  • Mayo Clinic

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Cassie Kennedy, MD · Mayo Clinic

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-07-21
Primary Completion
2018-10-16
Completion
2018-10-16
FDA Device
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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