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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12611000292976
ACTRN12611000292976
Completed
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In people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) does pulmonary rehabilitation combined with a cognitive behavioural therapy program for the sensation of breathlessness (BREVE) compared to pulmonary rehabilitation alone improve anxiety and functional exercise capacity at one, six and twelve months

niversity of South Australia0 sites120 target enrollmentMarch 21, 2011

Overview

Phase
未知
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
breathlessness
Sponsor
niversity of South Australia
Enrollment
120
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
March 21, 2011
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity of South Australia

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • People referred to Repatriation General Hospital to undertake the Comprehensive Pulmonary Rehabilitation (CPR) program will be eligible for inclusion in this study if they have a clinical diagnosis of COPD, intend to undertake the eight week CPR and have a forced expiratory volume (FEV1\) \< 80 percent predicted and best recorded ratio of FEV1 to forced vital capacity of \< 70 percent (FEV1/FVC \<70%).

Exclusion Criteria

  • Participants will be only be excluded from this RCT due to the presence of cognitive or memory impairments (Mini\-Mental State Examination score \< 23/30\), have clinically unstable COPD or co\-morbidities which are likely to render exercise unsafe (determined by respiratory physician based upon change in medication or symptoms over the past two months) or are currently registered for lung volume reduction surgery or lung transplantation (risk of withdrawal from RCT).

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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