Status:

COMPLETED

An Intervention to Improve Function in Severe Cardiopulmonary Illness

Lead Sponsor:

VA Office of Research and Development

Conditions:

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Heart Failure

Eligibility:

All Genders

45+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The study is a randomized trial of a cardiopulmonary self-management intervention to improve functional capacity, health-related quality of life, and to reduce health care utilization. Two hundred (10...

Detailed Description

This study is a randomized, controlled trial of a cardiopulmonary exercise and self-management intervention to improve functional capacity, health related-related quality of life, and to reduce health...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • standard criteria for severe COPD or HF,
  • optimal medical management,
  • willingness to participate in an outpatient exercise/self-management program,
  • working phone,
  • hospitalization for HF, COPD, or related illness in the past two years or at least two unscheduled outpatient visits for same over the past year

Exclusion

  • unstable disease or recent surgery,
  • supplemental oxygen requirement at rest more than 4 LPM,
  • already participating in regular exercise three times a week,
  • inability to ambulate,
  • uncontrolled mental illness,
  • alcohol or drug abuse,
  • life expectancy less than one year

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

December 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

90 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00467298

Start Date

December 1 2007

End Date

December 1 2011

Last Update

April 2 2018

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VA Puget Sound Health Care System

Seattle, Washington, United States, 98101

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