Benefits of supplemental oxygen on exercise capacity and dyspnea in IPF patients
- Conditions
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000025256
- Lead Sponsor
- Tosei General Hospital
- Brief Summary
Supplemental oxygen increased endurance time than supplemental placebo air(oxygen: 546.5 sec vs placebo air: 427.8 sec, p<0.05). Dyspnea and leg fatigue at isotime were improved significantly by supplemental oxygen.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete: follow-up complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 106
Not provided
severe comorbid illnesses, collagen vascular diseases, and the need for long-term oxygen therapy.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method endurance time of constant work-rate test
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method dyspnea, leg fatigue (Borg scale) (before and every 1 minute and end of oxygen therapy)
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