Telecommunication Via Cell Phones During Post-Operative Treatment After Lung Transplantation

Phase 3

Completed

• Conditions: Lung Transplantation
• Interventions: Device: Home spirometry with data transfer via cell phone; Device: Home spirometer w/o BT; Device: Home spirometer with BT-cellphone

• Registration Number: NCT00536926
• Lead Sponsor: Hannover Medical School

Brief Summary

In an investigation should be evaluated in contrast to a control group with standard post-treatment therapy (using home spirometry) after lung transplantation if transfer of home spirometry recordings to the transplant center via cell phones will lead to less complications, cost savings and bigger constancy of therapy.

Detailed Description

Home spirometry is used as a standard of care in lung transplant recipients in many centers worldwide. In case of deteriorating lung function response until therapy depends on patients efforts to reach the transplant center and the contactability of the transplant center.

Therefore transfer of home spirometry recordings to the transplant center via cell phones will lead to less complications, cost savings and bigger constancy of therapy compared to the home spirometry alone.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-07
• Study First Submitted: 2007-09-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2007-09-27
• Study First Posted: 2007-09-28
• Status Verified: 2008-10
• Primary Completion: 2008-11
• Study Completion: 2009-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-07-19
• Last Update Posted: 2011-07-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 56

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients after lung transplantation (single and double lung transplantation incl. combined organ transplantation) before hospital discharge

Exclusion Criteria

• Dependency on long term care
• Restricted ability to communicate

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
B	Home spirometry with data transfer via cell phone	Home spirometry with data transfer via cellphone to clinical database
A	Home spirometer w/o BT	home spirometry alone
B	Home spirometer with BT-cellphone	Home spirometry with data transfer via cellphone to clinical database

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Adherence	6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Latency: symptom onset to transplant team contact patient contacts emergency visits hospitalisations	6 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hannover Medical School, Dpt. resiratory Medicine OE6870; 🇩🇪 Hannover, Germany