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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN40230190
ISRCTN40230190
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Effectiveness of the Calming Hand and the hand held fan for the relief of refractory breathlessness from exercise in palliative patients and the self-efficacy of the interventions in a ritual for crisis plan for the patient and carer: a feasibility study using a 2x2 factorial randomised controlled trial design

Hull and East Yorkshire (HEY) NHS Trust (UK)0 sites40 target enrollmentOctober 30, 2012

Overview

Phase
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Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Hull and East Yorkshire (HEY) NHS Trust (UK)
Enrollment
40
Status
Completed
Last Updated
7 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

  1. 2017 results in https://doi.org/10.1183/1393003.congress-2017.PA749 (added 23/01/2019)
Registry
who.int
Start Date
October 30, 2012
End Date
March 1, 2015
Last Updated
7 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Hull and East Yorkshire (HEY) NHS Trust (UK)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Over 18
  • 2\. Able to provide verbal or written consent to take part in the study
  • 3\. Living in the community with or without a carer
  • 4\. Intractable breathlessness from all causes, for whom all reversible components of breathlessness have been addressed
  • 5\. Level 3 on the Medical Research Council (MRC) Dyspnoea scale
  • 6\. Have not used the hand held fan or Calming hand for breathlessness for 2 weeks
  • 7\. Willingness to engage with breathlessness training and study measures

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Too breathless to participate in study as assessed by the opinion of investigator and/or patient
  • 2\. Cognitively impaired and unable to understand the study
  • 3\. Trigeminal nerve damage/disease

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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