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Filter by:Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a chronic condition involving an impairment in functionality and in the execution of activities of daily life. The hypothesis of this study is that an occupational therapy intervention added to a physiotherapy program and a medical treatment increase the functionality and the quality of life of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
This study will test two instruments to measure physical activity in COPD patients: A questionnaire and two small physical activity monitors .Patients will be randomized to either receive the telecoaching program in addition to usual care or only the usual care. Study will include around 510 patients in 5 countries in Europe.
The purpose of this study is to assess whether the detection of circulating tumor cells (CTC) could be used as a tool to earlier diagnose, more accurately predict treatment response / failure and predict overall survival in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients
15 COPD patients will be surveyed in this prospective randomized crossover pilot study concerning non invasive ventilation. Patients will be treated over 2 nights in randomized order with Ventimotion2 (Weinmann) with and without Airtrap Control under Polysomnography (PSG) surveillance including transcutaneous pCO2 measurement. The sleep quality is judged by evaluating the PSG and pCO2 values over night. Target parameters are respiratory rate, sleep quality and influence of Airtrap Control on pCO2 values over night.
Home ergometer training combined with online monitoring and regular telephone support could prove to be a cost-effective method to improve physical performance and quality of life in COPD patients. The primary objective of the study is to demonstrate a significantly higher daily workout time in patients that are monitored during home ergometer training with telephone support compared to conventional home ergometer training. Consequently we expect an increased quality of life related to the illness and a decreasing BODE-Index. A post-interventional lower BODE-Index correlates with a reduced risk of hospitalisation and mortality.
Aim of this prospective randomized trial is to compare non invasive ventilation (NIV) with pressure control (BiPAP-ST) to volume assured pressure support (iVAPS) with regards to sleep quality and alveolar ventilation in patients with routine NIV initiation after COPD exacerbation. 20 patients with COPD and chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure will spent two nights on NIV, one with spontaneous timed pressure controlled bilevel ventilation (BiPAP-ST) and one with the advanced mode of intelligent volume assured pressure support (iVAPS). Patients will spend the treatment nights in randomized order under polysomnographic surveillance, including transcutaneous PCO2 measurement. Besides the number of arousals and PCO2 values over night the sleep quality will be judged with regards to especially adjusted respiratory event criteria like unintentional leaks, patient ventilator asynchrony, and decrease of ventilatory drive.
Dyspnoea is the uncomfortable shortness of breath that debilitates millions of patients with lung disease, heart failure and cancer. It is often very difficult to treat. The sensations of dyspnoea are processed in the brain, and we believe that psychological factors modify and amplify these sensations, frequently exacerbating symptoms. This study aims to identify the importance of learning in the brain mechanisms of dyspnoea by investigating a cohort of patients with chronic breathlessness undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation . Pulmonary rehabilitation is a six-week course of exercise, education and group therapy that improves dyspnoea but does not improve lung function. This leads us to hypothesise that some of the beneficial effects of PR maybe due to changes in brain processing, potentially relating to a learning effect. Therefore to probe whether learning is important in the beneficial effects of pulmonary rehabilitation, we intend to modify learning with the drug d-cycloserine. D-cycloserine is an antibiotic that enhances learning due to its effects at N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors in the hippocampus. Our previous study in a similar group of patients demonstrated the importance of the hippocampus in breathlessness perception, and we now wish to investigate this in more depth. The study involves collecting physiological, psychological and clinical measures on in conjunction with brain scanning, before, during and once after pulmonary rehabilitation. Subjects will either receive d-cyloserine or placebo before the first four pulmonary rehabilitation sessions.
The effectiveness of clinic-based pulmonary rehabilitation in advanced Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is well established, but few data exist for less severe patients treated in alternative settings. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether a novel, community-based exercise program was feasible and effective for patients with moderate COPD.
The prevalence of anxiety and depression in our OSA population is more than in COPD and the general population of North West Adelaide. (principal hypothesis). CPAP therapy in OSA population produces a positive effect on the anxiety and depression scale. The Investigators intend to study the prevalence of anxiety and depression in patients with sleep disorders in comparison to patients with COPD and subsequently, to assess whether CPAP has a role in controlling anxiety and depression in depressed and anxious patients with sleep apnoea. This is a two phase study, in first phase; investigator will assess the prevalence of anxiety and depression, in a population with sleep disorders to check whether it is different to the prevalence in the COPD population. The prevalence of depression in Sleep Disorder population will also be compared with the Adelaide North Western general population, which was reported in The North West Adelaide Health Study. According to this epidemiological survey, which was conducted from 2008 to 2010, the prevalence of depression in Adelaide North Western general population was 20%.During the second phase of the study investigator will evaluate the effect of CPAP on anxiety and depression scores in the depressed and anxious patients with sleep apnoea by comparing the pre and post CPAP anxiety and depression status. The Hospital Anxiety and Depression (HAD) scale will be used to assess Anxiety and Depression, which is a well-documented tool for assessing symptoms of anxiety and depression in patients with somatic diseases.
The main goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of glycopyrronium bromide and indacaterol maleate and glycopyrronium bromide fixed dose combination (FDC) in patients with moderate COPD who switch from their current COPD therapy. This study aims to provide data on how non-exacerbating, but still symptomatic patients with moderate COPD switching from their current COPD treatment to glycopyrronium bromide or indacaterol maleate and glycopyrronium bromide FDC maintain or improve their symptoms. Another purpose of this study is to increase awareness and usage of validated COPD symptoms tools and dyspnea questionnaires in order to facilitate clinical assessment and improve early diagnosis of symptomatic patients.