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Effects of a home-based versus hospital-based outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): a multicentre, randomised trial

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Respiratory
Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Registration Number
ISRCTN32824512
Lead Sponsor
niversity Laval (Canada)
Brief Summary

1. 2008 results in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19075206 (added 28/01/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
240
Inclusion Criteria

1. Subject is able to ambulate. Defined as a six-minute walking distance (6MWD) greater than 110 metres.
2. Subject is diagnosed with COPD
3. 40 years old and older, either sex
4. Currently or previously smoking with a smoking history of at least 10 pack-years
5. Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) after the use of a bronchodilator between 25 and 70% of the predicted normal value, and FEV1 to forced vital capacity (FVC) ratio less than 70%
6. Subject has a stable COPD condition defined as no COPD exacerbation or no changes in dyspnoea, volume or colour of sputum in the previous 4 weeks
7. No previous diagnosis of:
7.1. Asthma
7.2. Left heart congestive heart failure (either radiographic evidence of pulmonary congestion, echocardiographic or ventriculographic evidence of a reduced ventricular ejection fraction)
7.3. Terminal disease, dementia or uncontrolled psychiatric illness
8. No participation to a respiratory rehabilitation program in the past year and not staying or planning to stay in a long-term care facility
9. Subject understands and is able to read, write French or English

Exclusion Criteria

The need for supplemental oxygen at rest or during exercise will not be an exclusion criterion

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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