Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Sushil K Bansal
ORCID ID
Contact details
COTE
Sunderland Royal Hospital
Kayll Road
Sunderland
SR4 7TP
United Kingdom
+44 (0)191 5656256 ext 41976
sushil.bansal@chs.northy.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0065101829
Study information
Scientific title
Pulmonary rehabilitation in the elderly; its impact on quality of life and health service utilisation
Acronym
Study hypothesis
The aim of this study is to determine whether participation in a pulmonary rehabilitation programme is associated in a long term impact on health related quality of life as well as effective utilisation of health service provisions in older chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Intervention
A randomised prospective trial, each subject having a 50-50 chance of being allocated to the treatment or control arms of the study. 200 Patients will be recruited, 100 into each arm.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
1. Quality of life
2. Health service utilisation
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/11/2001
Overall trial end date
01/11/2003
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Patients with moderate to severe stable COPD
2. Aged >70 years
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
200
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not match inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
01/11/2001
Recruitment end date
01/11/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
COTE
Sunderland
SR4 7TP
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Charity
Funder name
City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list