The Six Minute Walk Test: Influence of Instruction on Results

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Interstitial Lung Disease
• Interventions: Procedure: alternative six minute walk test; Procedure: Standard six minute walk test

• Registration Number: NCT01789996
• Lead Sponsor: Inova Health Care Services

Brief Summary

Two - four 6MWT performed according to ATS standards. Each walk however had specifically altered wording and coaching performed in random order to determine differences in outcomes. One walk was done in the standard ATS fashion. One was done coaching to walk as fast as the patient can walk. One was coached to walk at the patients normal walking pace. One was coached to walk at the patient's leisure walking pace.

Detailed Description

Alternate 6MWT where subjects will be asked to walk as fast as they can, walk as normal as they can and walk leisurely as they can in 6 minutes compared to standard of care 6MWT which is walk as far as you can in 6 minutes.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-06
• Study First Submitted: 2013-02-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-02-09
• Study First Posted: 2013-02-12
• Primary Completion: 2014-11
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Status Verified: 2017-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-06-12
• Last Update Posted: 2020-06-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

• advanced lung disease such as COPD, ILD, IPF, or PAH

Exclusion Criteria

• inability to walk, requiring supplemental oxygen, cardiac disease preventing successful 6MWT

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Alternative six minute walk test	alternative six minute walk test	Subjects will be given the following instructions 1. walk as fast as they can in 6 minutes 2. walk as normally as they can in 6 minutes 3. walk leisurely as they can in 6 minutes. Pts will serve as their own controls.
Standard six minute walk test	Standard six minute walk test	Subjects will be given the following instruction 1. walk as far as they can in 6 minutes

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
distance meters	1 day	this is an ongoing study of same day testing of 2-4 six minute walk tests, each with different instructions, to determine the impact of alternative instruction on outcome of the test

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
heart rate response	1 day	assessed as an outcome of variable instruction given in different six minute
dyspnea score	1 day	assessed as an outcome of variable instruction given in different six minute
oxygen saturation	1 day	assessed as an outcome of variable instruction given in different six minute walk tests performed in random order on the same day

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Inova Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Program; 🇺🇸 Falls Church, Virginia, United States