This is a study to evaluate whether exercise training and education program have beneficial effects upon the quality of life and exercise capacity in patients with chronic obstructive lung disease
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O- Medical and SurgicalHealth Condition 2: null- Patients with moderately severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/08/020755
- Lead Sponsor
- Dept of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
i.Moderately severe COPD in stable state or following recovery from acute episode
ii.No evidence of recent respiratory tract infection (within the last 6 weeks)
iii.Subjects possessing cognitive ability to comprehend and follow advice
iv.They should have the motivation and willingness to participate in the study
v.Patients living in Delhi / NCR area, preferably for ease of follow-up
i.Subjects with co morbid conditions â?? uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes, ischemic cardiac disease, acute cor-pulmonale, severe pulmonary hypertension, significant hepatic dysfunction, metastatic cancer, renal failure, severe anemia, severe cognitive deficit, and psychiatric disease that interferes with memory and compliance.
ii.Subjects with significant neuromuscular and skeletal problems who are unable to perform the exercises.
iii.Not willing to give written informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method i.Exercise Capacity, measured by <br/ ><br>a.Maximum oxygen uptake during CPET (VO2max) <br/ ><br>b.Six minute walk distance (6MWD) <br/ ><br>ii.Quality of Life, measured by <br/ ><br>a.SGRQ score <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Outcome parameters will be measured at two time points: Firstly at baseline and then after completion of two months of the proposed intervention.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br/ ><br>a.BMI <br/ ><br>b.Anthropometry <br/ ><br>c.Mid arm circumference <br/ ><br>d.Skin fold thickness <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>a.mMRC grade <br/ ><br>b.Spirometry <br/ ><br>c.6 minute walk distanceTimepoint: Outcome parameters will be assessed at two time points: firstly, at the baseline, and then after completion of two months of the proposed intervention.