Determining the best airflow rate from a handheld fan for recovery from exertional breathlessness in people with chronic breathlessness

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic breathlessness; Respiratory

• Registration Number: ISRCTN12024425
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Hull

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-07-15
• Study Completion: 2022-08-30
• Last Update Posted: 29 July 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

1. Chronic breathlessness; due to chronic non-malignant lung disease such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease,(COPD), any Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD), or other respiratory diseases
2. Modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) breathlessness 3 or 4
3. Able to provide informed written – or witnessed verbal - consent, complete study exercise tests and outcome measures
4. Patients may have current or prior, or no, fan use experience
5. Adults, no upper age limit

Exclusion Criteria

1. Unable to provide informed consent
2. Unable to complete study measures
3. Unable to perform the sit to stands tests due to musculoskeletal problems, or currently advised by a usual care clinician to avoid such physical activity for any other reason
4. Unable to tolerate fan or trigeminal nerve damage
5. Patients using ambulatory oxygen for confirmed exercise-related oxygen desaturation, or long-term oxygen therapy

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Breathlessness measured using the 0 to 10 Numerical Rating scale (NRS) at baseline, at maximal breathlessness after the sit to stand test and every 1 minute during the first 10 minutes of recovery from maximal breathlessness or until return to baseline breathlessness level, whichever occurs first