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Physical Training During Hospital Admission With Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Not Applicable
Conditions
Community-acquired Pneumonia
Interventions
Behavioral: Exercise booklet
Behavioral: In-bed cycling
Registration Number
NCT04094636
Lead Sponsor
Nordsjaellands Hospital
Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the effect of standard usual care combined with daily supervised physical training during hospitalization with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) compared to standard usual care alnone.

Detailed Description

Community-acuired pneumonia (CAP) is a leading cause of hospitalization worldwide. Despite increased focus on mobilization, hospitalization is associated with bed rest. Bed rest with low levels of physical activity leads to functional deline as well as increased risk of complications.

This study is a randomized controlled trial, which investigates the effect of standard usual care combined with daily supervised physical training in patients hospitalized with CAP compared to standard usual care alone.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
210
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients 18 years of age or older admitted to hospital with CAP defined as a new infiltrate on chest X-ray/CT and minimum one of the following symptoms: temperature <35˚C or ≥38˚C, cough, pleuritic chest pain, dyspnea, or focal chest signs on auscultation.
  • Patients should have an expected admission length of ≥72 hours.
  • Patients should be able to move their legs.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Patients unable to give written consent.
  • Hospital admission within the last 14 days.
  • Severe immunosuppression (cancer chemotherapy ≤28 days, neutropenia ≤1000 cells/μL, ≥20 mg prednisolone-equivalent/day >14 days or other immunosuppressive drugs, HIV infection, former transplant).

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Exercise bookletExercise bookletSupervised physical training with exercises from exercise booklet
In-bed cyclingIn-bed cyclingSupervised in-bed cycling
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Length of hospital stayFrom admission until discharge (an average of 5 days)

Number of stays in hospital

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Readmissions Number of readmissions3-months from discharge

Time-to-event within 3-months from discharge

Mortality6-months from discharge

Time-to-event within 6-months from discharge

Changes in total lean massDay 1, day 5, discharge, 1- and 3-months from discharge

Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scans

Changes in total fat massDay 1, day 5, discharge, 1- and 3-months from discharge

Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry scans

Changes in total fat-free massDay 1, day 5, discharge, 1- and 3-months from discharge

Bioelectrical impedance analysis

Health-related quality of lifeDay 1, discharge, 1-, 3- and 6-months from discharge

Scoring from -0.624 to 1.000 on the 5-level EQ-5D version (EQ-5D-5L) questionnaire (Danish version), with higher score indicating better health-related quality of life

Activities of daily livingDay 1, discharge, 1 month from discharge and 3 months from discharge

Scoring from 0 to 100 on the Barthel Index for Activities of Daily Living (ADL) with higher score indicating greater independence.

Muscle strengthAt day 1, day 5, discharge, 1- and 3-months after discharge

Hand grip strength test

Functional abilityDay 1, day 5, discharge, 1- and 3-months after discharge

30-sec chair stand test

Systemic inflammationDaily during admission (day 0 to 5), 1- and 3-months after discharge

Pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokine concentrations measured in pg/ml (IL-6, IL-8, IL-18, IL-1a, IL-10, TNF-alpha)

Physical activity monitoringDuring admission (up to 7 days), 7 days from discharge, 7 days from 1- and 3 months follow-up

AX3 accelerometers

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Department of Pulmonary and Infectious Diseases, Nordsjællands Hospital

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Hillerød, Denmark

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