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Long-term Home-based Exercise for Patients With COPD: the COPDtoParis Project

Launched by AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL · Jan 31, 2024

Trial Information

Current as of October 03, 2024

Recruiting

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Description

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have a higher risk of experiencing disability, and even though participating in pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) are efficient for regaining strength, function and relieving symptoms, effects prove difficult to maintain. Furthermore, physical attendance to outpatient PR is challenging for COPD patients, many of whom are bound to their home, due to said disability and symptoms. Even in patients who follow through with the PR programme, adherence to exercise after is a major challenge. The investigators hypothesise that an intervention ...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • * Adults at age \> 18 years old
  • * Hospital admission with COPD exacerbation with pre-existing COPD diagnosis
  • * Citizens of Aalborg Municipality
  • * Able to provide informed consent
  • * Accepting of referral to rehabilitation
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • * Terminal illness
  • * Unstable heart disease, i.e., ischemic heart disease, cardiac rhythm disorders
  • * Other conditions preventing participating in cycle exercise, e.g., amputation, regimens or earlier or upcoming surgeries preventing seated position, blindness
  • * Inability to understand basic Danish oral and written information or giving informed consent.

About Sponsor

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, /ˈnaɪ.æd/) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NIAID's mission is to conduct basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.

Contacts

JC

Jennifer Cobb

Immunology at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Locations

Aalborg, , Denmark

People applied

Timeline

First submit

Trial launched

Trial updated

Estimated completion

Not reported

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