Actively Recruiting
Passive Heat Therapy for People With COPD
Led by University of British Columbia · Updated on 2025-04-04
32
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
145 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
U
University of British Columbia
Lead Sponsor
C
Canadian Lung Association
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
People with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) often develop high blood pressure and heart disease due to their sedentary lifestyle and difficulty exercising. The investigators will test if heating can mimic the health benefits of exercise by monitoring the increase in leg blood-flow using ultrasound during a 45-minute hot-water footbath. The patients will then undergo 6-weeks of hot-water footbaths to examine whether the changes to blood-flow lead to improvements in blood pressure and other indicators of heart disease risk.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Passive Heat Therapy for People With COPD
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Non-smoking individuals
- Age over 40 years
- Stable (exacerbation free for more than 6 weeks), moderate-to-severe COPD confirmed by lung function tests
You will not qualify if you...
- Currently performing structured exercise training such as pulmonary rehabilitation
- History of advanced heart or brain blood vessel diseases (heart failure, stroke, or heart attack)
- Uncontrolled high blood pressure (greater than 160/95 mmHg at rest)
- Low blood pressure (less than 110/60 mmHg)
- Taking Beta Blocker medications
- Regularly using hot baths longer than 30 minutes, hot tubs, or saunas more than once a week
- Resting blood pressure above 150/95 mmHg for exercise assessments
- Using supplemental oxygen for low blood oxygen levels
- Musculoskeletal pain limiting ability to do stationary cycling
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of British Columbia
Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, V1V2L2
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
N
Neil Eves, PhD
CONTACT
K
Kyla Coates, MSc
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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