Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
N/A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
The study protocol was approved by the East London and City Health Authority Ethics Committee and all patients gave written consent.
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Respiratory tract diseases: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Intervention
1. Exercise plus education
2. Education alone (control)
Education and exercise programmes for the moderately disabled patients were carried out in a hospital out-patient setting. Severely disabled patients were all treated at home. Those in the exercise group received an individualised training programme.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/1995
Overall trial end date
01/03/1998
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
COPD patients
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/1995
Recruitment end date
01/03/1998
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Academic Department of Respiratory Medicine
London
E2 9JX
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Physical and Complex Disabilities National Research and Development Programme (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
1998 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9727786
Publication citations
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Results
Wedzicha JA, Bestall JC, Garrod R, Garnham R, Paul EA, Jones PW, Randomized controlled trial of pulmonary rehabilitation in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients, stratified with the MRC dyspnoea scale., Eur. Respir. J., 1998, 12, 2, 363-369.