Optimizing the Effect of COPD Rehabilitation
Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) may benefit from an 8-week pulmonary rehabilitation programme. However, the effect of the programme tends to attenuate with time. Patients who complete the programme are randomized to continued rehabilitation follow-up and control follow-up...
Brief Summary
Official Title: “Rehabilitation of COPD Patients: Can the Effect be Prolonged by Follow-up and Continued Rehabilitation”
Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) may benefit from an 8-week pulmonary rehabilitation programme. However, the effect of the programme tends to attenuate with time. Patients who complete the programme are randomized to continued rehabilitation follow-up and control follow-up.
- Study Type: Interventional
- Study Design: Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention
Detailed Clinical Trial Description
Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) may benefit from an 8-week pulmonary rehabilitation programme according to guidelines of the Danish Society of Pulmonary Medicine. However, the effect of programme tends to attenuate with time. Patients who complete the programme are randomized to continued rehabilitation follow-up and control follow-up.
Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial
- Behavioral: follow-up rehabilitation of participants with COPD
Outcome Measures for this Clinical Trial
Primary Measures
- Disease specific Quality of Life
- Work Capacity
Secondary Measures
- Number of days admitted to hospital
Criteria for Participation in this Clinical Trial
Inclusion Criteria:
- FEV1 < 60% of expected
Exclusion Criteria:
- Other severe chronic conditions
Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Both
Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A
Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A
Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial?: No
Clinical Trial Investigator Information
Lead Investigator: Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen Other
Overall Clinical Trial Officials and Contacts
Susanne Vest, MD Principal Investigator Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen
Overall Contact: Susanne Vest, MD susanne.vest@dadlnet.dk
Additional Information
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on February 12, 2012
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00419289
Study ID Number: KA20060179
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00419289
Health Authority: Denmark: Ethics Committee
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