Self management and support programme (EDGE) for COPD
- Conditions
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.RespiratoryChronic obstructive pulmonary disease, unspecified
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN40367841
- Lead Sponsor
- Oxford University (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 295
Current inclusion criteria as of 21/11/2013:
1. Aged > 40 years
2. A forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV1) post-bronchodilatory <80% AND predicted ratio of FEV1 to forced vital capacity (FVC) <0.70 OR clinical decision of suitability for patients who are unable to provide a spirometry reading (on clinical grounds) at full assessment. The patient must have prior clinical evidence of COPD, i.e. obstructive spirometry within the last ten years; radiological evidence of emphysema.
3. Smoking history > 10 pack years
4. MRC Dyspnoea scale >or = to 2
5. Registered with a general practice and with an exacerbation of COPD requiring hospital admission or home treatment in the previous year, or referred for pulmonary rehabilitation
6. Absence of other significant lung disease
7. Absence of chronic heart failure defined by the New York Heart Association classification system as severe (Grade IV)
8. Able to give informed consent
9. Able to complete questionnaires and use the mHealth system
10. Life expectancy of >3 months
11. No recent participation in a COPD self-management clinical trial programme
12. Patients unable to transmit data from the tablet due to insufficient internet access will not be eligible to enter the study
Previous inclusion criteria:
1. Aged > 40 years
2. Forced expiratory volume in 1s (FEV1) post-bronchodilatory <70%
3. Predicted ratio of FEV1 to forced vital capacity (FVC) <0.70
4. Smoking history > 10 pack years
5. MRC Dyspnoea scale >or = to 2
6. Registered with a general practice and with an exacerbation of COPD requiring hospital admission or home treatment in the previous year, or referred for pulmonary rehabilitation
7. Absence of other significant lung disease
8. Absence of chronic heart failure
9. Able to give informed consent
10. Able to complete questionnaires and use the mHealth system
11. Life expectancy of >3 months
12. No recent participation in a COPD self-management clinical trial programme
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method