Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Ms Samantha Roberts
ORCID ID
Contact details
Community Rehabilitation Building
Countess of Chester Health Park
Liverpool Road
Chester
CH2 1BQ
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1244 363 791
sam@castellor.com
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0614179564
Study information
Scientific title
Randomised controlled trial of a home-based exercise programme for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Can a partially supervised home-based exercise programme significantly improve COPD patients' symptoms and exercise tolerance compared to standard care?
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Single-blind randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Home
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Respiratory: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Intervention
1. Intervention arm: home-based exercise programme
2. Control arm: standard care
Added 30/09/2008: This pilot trial has been completed with positive results shown with secondary outcome measure but as this is not yet validated for use with COPD patients further research needs to be done to validate its use before a larger home exercise RCT can continue.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Chronic respiratory questionnaire
Secondary outcome measures
30-second chair stand
Overall trial start date
20/02/2006
Overall trial end date
20/02/2007
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients with stable COPD referred for physiotherapy and PR at the Countess of Chester Hospital and Cheshire West PCT community rehabilitation department
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
20
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Patients unable to attend a hospital-based PR programme twice weekly for weeks
2. Patients unable to complete a detailed questionnaire
3. Patients with unstable comorbidities
4. Patients with severe musculoskeletal disability
5. Patient live further than half an hour away from the hospital by road
6. Patients with reversibility >15% FEV and 200 ml PEFR
7. Untreated chronic hypoxemia
8. Patients with comorbidities contraindicating exercise
Recruitment start date
20/02/2006
Recruitment end date
20/02/2007
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Community Rehabilitation Building
Chester
CH2 1BQ
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7307 2622
dhmail@doh.gsi.org.uk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Cheshire West Primary Care 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