Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Miss A Price
ORCID ID
Contact details
Physiotherapist Department
Newham University Hospital
Glen Road
Plaistow
London
E13 8SL
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 73638416
abc@email.com
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N0681181016
Study information
Scientific title
Is Qigong a useful adjunct to pulmonary rehabilitation?
Acronym
Study hypothesis
The principle objective is to determine whether Qigong can be used to the achieve the same measures as conventional exercise as part of a pulmonary rehabilitation programme.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised single-blind controlled trial design
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Respiratory: Pulmonary rehabilitation
Intervention
Subjects will be recruited from referrals to pulmonary rehabilitation at Newham University Hospital.
One group will receive Qigong, and the other group will receive pulmonary rehabilitation programme.
Subjects will be assessed on their first visit to group, and will need to complete a questionnaire measuring quality of life and physiological measures. Subjects will attend twice a week for an eight week period. Two groups will be compared to assess whether Qigong is an effective programme to rehabilitation.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Using the following questionnaires: hospital anxiety and depression scale, modified Borg score
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/06/2005
Overall trial end date
30/10/2005
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. In line with the current pulmonary rehabilitation programme. This is to ensure that appropriate referrals are made to pulmonary rehabilitation and patients are fit to participate in an exercise programme (British Thoracic Society guidelines for Pulmonary rehabilitation).
2. Subject must fit the referral criteria: chronic but stable lung disorder (lung function est. in past 3 months), optimal medical management, exercise tolerance limited by breathlessness, motivated to exercise, approval to exercise from medical practitioner.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Cardiac disease
2. Exercise tolerance limited by factors other than breathlessness e.g. arthritis, stroke
3. Patient unable to participate in group activities
Recruitment start date
01/06/2005
Recruitment end date
30/10/2005
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Newham University Hospital
London
E13 8SL
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2007 Update - Department of Health
Sponsor details
The 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
Newham Primary Care Trust
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
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary