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Micro-doses of Physical Activity for COPD
Led by University of British Columbia · Updated on 2025-04-04
20
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
202 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease of the lungs that makes it hard for people to breath. Those with COPD spend considerably more time sitting and lying and less time performing physical activity than healthy individuals. Those who are the most sedentary have a greater risk of heart and blood vessel disease, which may lead to an early death. This project will investigate the effect of sitting still for 3 hours on blood vessel health in individuals with COPD. It will also investigate whether breaking up the amount of time patients sit with regular short bouts of walking (5 minutes each hour) at a comfortable pace chosen by the patient can have a positive effect on maintaining the health of their blood vessels. It is hypothesized that blood vessel health will be worse after 3 hours of sitting compared to when the sitting is broken up by short bouts of walking.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Micro-doses of Physical Activity for COPD
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Non-smoking (more than 6 months) patients with stable moderate-to-severe COPD
- Post bronchodilator forced expired volume in 1 second/forced vital capacity less than 0.7 and below lower limit of normal
- Forced Expired Volume in 1 second between 30% and 80% predicted
- Free from COPD exacerbation for more than 6 weeks
You will not qualify if you...
- Currently performing structured exercise training or pulmonary rehabilitation
- History of deep vein thrombosis
- Taking anticoagulant medication
- Advanced cardiac or cerebrovascular disease such as heart failure, previous stroke, or myocardial infarction
- Diabetes
- Musculoskeletal issues that limit physical activity
- Unable to obtain vascular ultrasound measurements
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of British Columbia
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, V1V2L2
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Research Team
N
Neil Eves, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
CROSSOVER
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
2
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