Physical Activity Counseling During Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Physical Activity Counseling During Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Does it Improve Daily Physical Activity Levels

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00948623
• Other study ID #: s06081980
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 28, 2009
• Last updated: July 29, 2009
• Start date: April 2009
• Est. completion date: December 2011

Study information

• Verified date: July 2009
• Source: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
• Contact: Thierry Troosters, PT, PhD
• Phone: +3216347107
• Email: chris.burtin[@]med.kuleuven.be
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Belgium: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This randomized controlled trial will assess the effect of adding intensive physical activity counseling to an outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program. Counseling including real-time feedback on daily activities from an activity monitor will be offered to improve participation in physical activities in daily life during and after an outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 70
• Est. completion date: December 2011
• Est. primary completion date: December 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Spirometry-proven COPD

• Referred for 6-month outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program

Exclusion Criteria:

• Orthopedic problems impairing daily activities

• Progressive neurological or neuromuscular disorders

• Psychiatric or cognitive disorders

• Patients on the waiting list for lung transplantation

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Lung Diseases, Obstructive
• Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Intervention

Behavioral:
• physical activity counseling program

• sham counseling program

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Belgium	Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University Hospitals KULeuven	Leuven	Vlaams-Brabant

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven	Fund for Scientific Research, Flanders, Belgium

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Belgium, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Walking time in daily life and the amount of time spent in moderate intense activities			No