Reducing exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with physiotherapy.

Prof. dr. RA de BieUniversiteit Maastricht0 个研究点目标入组 200 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2024年2月28日

适应症

试验速览

•1. COPD patients contacting a physiotherapist (within eight weeks after primary exacerbation), mostly but not exclusively, after visiting their general practitioner or pulmonologist because of an exacerbation, confirmed by general practitioner or pulmonologist;
•2 - a: A general practitioner/pulmonologist diagnosed COPD in GOLD stage 2, 3 or 4 (confirmed by a post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC < 0.7 and FEV1 < 80% of predicted).
•2 - b: Eligible for reimbursement by health insurance companies for physical therapy (post-bronchodilator Tiffeneau-index < 0.6).
•3. Known by their general practitioner of having an adequate and optimal medication (inhalation) regimen;

•1. COPD patients in GOLD stage 1 (supported by a post-bronchodilator FEV1 > 80% of predictive value).
•2. Suffering from significant exercise limitations or co-morbidities that would prohibit a patient from following the physiotherapy program;

发起方

Prof. dr. RA de BieUniversiteit Maastricht