Yoga Effect on Quality of Life Study Among Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 进行中(未招募)
- 入组人数
- 61
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Quality of life
研究概览
简要总结
This study will evaluate whether regular yoga exercises designed specifically for patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is associated with any change in quality of life. Half of the participants will be randomized to yoga, half to usual care. Yoga was conducted live, virtually, in the setting of the COVID Pandemic.
详细描述
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic progressive fibrotic (scarring) disease of the lung of unknown cause. Approximately 100,000 Americans will die from IPF this year. There is no cure for IPF other than lung transplantation, which only 1% of patients will receive. Recently, 2 drugs were approved by the FDA to slow the rate of decline in lung function among patients with IPF. These drugs do not decrease symptoms or improve quality of life.
Symptoms of IPF include shortness of breath, cough, and fatigue, all of which may also adversely affect quality of life. Yoga is a practice of exercises, including breathing exercises, that has been shown to be relatively safe and to improve quality of life in some patients with other advanced lung diseases. We hypothesize that regular yoga and breathing exercises, specifically designed for patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, over a period of 12 weeks will lead to improved quality of life as measured by several different quality of life questionnaires.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 100 Years(Adult, Older Adult)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Adults 18 years of age or older. We will include all consecutive consenting patients with IPF who are able to provide informed consent and are seen and followed at the Center for Interstitial Lung Disease at the University of Washington Medical Center.
排除标准
- •Subjects with comorbid diseases that would prohibit them from taking part in yoga will be excluded at the discretion of the clinical-investigators. Such comorbid diseases would include paralysis, musculoskeletal discomfort that would interfere with participation or broken limbs. Since we are interested in the effect of yoga among subjects with IPF, we will exclude subjects who have previously received lung transplantation. To assess the effect "new" or "initial" participation in a yoga program with breathing exercises on quality of life, subjects who are regularly participating in yoga (outside of the study) will be excluded.
结局指标
主要结局
Quality of life
时间窗: 12 weeks
次要结局
- change in forced vital capacity(12 weeks)
- change in 6 minute walk distance(12 weeks)
研究者
Ganesh Raghu
Co-Principal Investigator (Ganesh Raghu, MD is Principal Investigator)
University of Washington
