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Status:

COMPLETED

Pulmonary Rehabilitation at Home Versus at the Gymnasium

Lead Sponsor:

Laval University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec

Conditions:

COPD

Eligibility:

All Genders

40-95 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Short term efficacy of pulmonary rehabilitation for improving functional capacity and quality of life of chronic obstructive respiratory disease (COPD) patient is well known. However, there is an impo...

Detailed Description

This article on the main outcome is available. Maltais F, Bourbeau J, Shapiro S, Lacasse Y, Perrault H, Baltzan M, Hernandez P, Rouleau M, Julien M, Parenteau S, Paradis B, Levy RD, Camp P, Lecours R,...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Subject is able to ambulate. Defined as a 6MWD greater than 110 meters.
  • Subject is diagnosed with COPD.
  • 40 years-old and older
  • Currently or previously smoking with a smoking history of at least 10 pack-years.
  • Forced expiratory volume on one second (FEV1) after the use of a bronchodilator between 25 an 70% of the predicted value, and FEV1 to forced vital capacity ratio less than 70%.
  • No previous diagnosis of asthma, left heart congestive heart failure (either radiographic evidence of pulmonary congestion, echocardiographic or ventriculographic evidence of a reduced ventricular ejection fraction), terminal disease, dementia or uncontrolled psychiatric illness.
  • Never participated to a respiratory rehabilitation program and not staying or planning to stay in a long term care facility.
  • Subject understands and is able to read and write French or English.
  • MRC dyspnea scale of at least 2.

Exclusion

  • The need for supplemental oxygen at rest or during exercise will not be an exclusion criterion.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

252 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00169897

Start Date

January 1 2004

End Date

January 1 2007

Last Update

November 15 2010

Active Locations (10)

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1

St-Paul's Hospital

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6Z 1Y6

2

Halifax Infirmary

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3H 3A7

3

CRMSBC/Centre Hospitalier Baie-des-Chaleurs

Bonaventure, Quebec, Canada, G0C 1YO

4

Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital

Laval, Quebec, Canada, H7V 1R2