Status:
COMPLETED
Effects of Breathing Retraining in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospital, Essen
Conditions:
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
40-85 years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
Conventional pulmonary rehabilitation programs improve exercise tolerance, peripheral muscle strength, and health related quality of live but not pulmonary function in patients with chronic obstructiv...
Detailed Description
To address this uncertainty, we performed a randomized controlled trial to assess the effects of a 4-week rehabilitation program including breathing retraining on pulmonary function (PFT), cardio-pulm...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Clinically stable patients with COPD (GOLD-classification I-IV)
Exclusion
- Patients with clinical signs of COPD exacerbation
- Cardiac arrhythmia
- Coronary artery disease
- Primary pulmonary vascular disease
- Oxygen desaturation to less than 80% during exercise on room air
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
April 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
40 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01175265
Start Date
November 1 2008
End Date
April 1 2010
Last Update
August 4 2010
Active Locations (1)
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University Hospital Ruhrlandklinik
Essen, Nordrheinwestfalen, Germany, 45239