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Clinical study over a period of at least 6 months to an individualized strength and endurance training in COPD patients in Marburger

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
J44.8
Other specified chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Registration Number
DRKS00006842
Lead Sponsor
Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University Medical Center Giessen and Marburg, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL)
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
48
Inclusion Criteria

Patients diagnosed with COPD, patients of stage I - IV or AD (according to GOLD classification)

Exclusion Criteria

Regard to acute pathological cardiac events (e.g. heart attack), comorbidities such as heart failure (NYHA III and IV), congestive heart failure, high blood pressure (> 220/120 mmHg), severe mental illness, cognitive impairments, limitations of the musculoskeletal system, which make a training impossible, neurological diseases that affect the training and implementation, acute exacerbations, acute inflammation / infection

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Exercise capacity as measured by 6-minute walk test before and after 3- and 6-month treatment phase for the individualized training group and before and after 3 months in the control group
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Following parameters will be measured in the individualized training group at baseline, 3- and 6-month after treatment phase and before the start and after 3 months in the control group:<br>1. quality of life (SGRQ, CAT score, HADS)<br>2. Physical fitness (endurance performance (bicycle ergometer tests))<br>3. lung function (Spirometire)<br>4. Systemic inflammation (serum concentration of inflammatory markers)<br>5. breath condensate (EBC)<br>6. laboratory parameters (muscular function)<br>7. left/right ventricular function<br>8. bone turnover markers
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