Pursed Lip Breathing (PLB) and its role in the management of breathlessness in stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

Completed

• Conditions: Respiratory; Respiratory: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

• Registration Number: ISRCTN83029560
• Lead Sponsor: Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-09-28
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 46

Inclusion Criteria

Prior to July 2008:
1. Non smoking patients that have been diagnosed with COPD who are in a stable condition.
2. 86 participants, broken down as approximately 4/5th will be recruited from The Whittington NHS and 1/5th from Islington PCT.

Modified July 2008:
1. Diagnosis of COPD (FEV1 < 80% and FEV1/FVC < 70% predicted)
2. Medical intervention optimised according to NICE guidelines
3. MRC 3 or more; as a minimum walks slower than contemporaries on level ground or has to stop for breathing when walking at own pace
4. 4/52 since last exacerbation and 6/52 since last admission
5.Informed consent obtained and signed after provision of information sheet
6. Able to comply with study procedure

Exclusion Criteria

Added July 2008:
1. Subject requires an interpreter for consent form
2. Mini-mental test score < 24 (performed in English)
3. Subject has no fixed abode or does not consent to home visits
4. Hospital Lone Practioner Policy precludes home visits to this subject
5. Previously taught PLB
6. On long term oxygen therapy (LTOT)
7. Medical history preventing ability to walk (other than COPD)
8. Ex-smoker of < 3 months
9. Unstable Angina
10. Uncontrolled hypertension
11. Uncontrolled congestive cardiac failure
12. Uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias
13. Myocardial infarct within 6 weeks

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified