Testing the feasibility of combined breathlessness exercise rehabilitation for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and chronic heart failure (the COHERE study)
- Conditions
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and/or chronic heart failureRespiratory
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN11636308
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Hospital Leicester
- Brief Summary
2019 protocol in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31315872 (added 24/07/2019)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Ongoing
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
1. Be aged between 40 and 85 years
2. Have a physician confirmed diagnosis of COPD and/or heart failure
3. Be referred or due to enrol on the University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust combined rehabilitation programme
4. Be willing and able to comply with the trial protocol
5. Be able to provide informed consent
6. Meet the ‘UHL Breathlessness Rehabilitation Class Standard Operating Procedure’ criteria for eligible patients
1. Be under 40 or over 85 years of age
2. Completed or began a rehabilitation programme less than 6 months ago
3. Have had clinical concerns about them raised by rehabilitation staff/not meet the ‘UHL Breathlessness Rehabilitation Class Standard Operating Procedure'
4. Not have a confirmed diagnosis of COPD and/or heart failure
5. Have completed or began a rehabilitation programme in the last 6 months
6. Have insufficient proficiency in English to comply with the study protocol
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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