Telehealth Could Mitigate Disease Progression Compared to Standard of Care in COPD - a Randomized Controlled Trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Interventions: Device: Telehealth care; Diagnostic Test: Weekly CAT measurement

• Registration Number: NCT04485832
• Lead Sponsor: Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen

Brief Summary

The objective of this randomised controlled trial is to test, whether telehealthcare can improve HRQOL and reduce emergency admissions and hospitalisations due to AECOPD. Different outcome parameters as described in the endpoints section will be analysed.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-04-05
• Primary Completion: 2019-09-25
• Study Completion: 2019-12-01
• Status Verified: 2020-07
• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-07-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-07-22
• Study First Posted: 2020-07-24
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 168

Inclusion Criteria

• COPD GOLD B-D and age ≥ 40 years

Exclusion Criteria

• Inability to provide informed consent or to follow trial procedures

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	Weekly CAT measurement	-
Control	Weekly CAT measurement	-
Intervention	Telehealth care	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change of COPD assessment test (CAT) at 6 months (slope of the linear regression trend)	1 year after inclusion