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Filter by:Objectives: 1.- To compare the level of oxygenation achieved during muscular training with conventional oxygen systems (nasal cannulas) versus nasal High-flow oxygen therapy. 2.-To compare benefits achieved with both systems, in terms of: level of exercise during training; effort tolerance in the 6 minutes walking test (6MWT); improvement of dyspnoea and Health-related quality of life (HRQoL). And analyse the effects of nasal High-flow oxygen therapy on the acute exercise in a subgroup of patients. Method: Multicentric randomized clinical trial. Patients with ILD in fibrotic phase who present oxygen desaturation during 6MWT (SpO2 mean ≤ 85%) will be included consecutively. Will be randomized in two groups: ILD patients with conventional oxygen (EPIDOC) and ILD patients with nasal High-Flow oxygen therapy (EPIDOAF). Both groups will perform a Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program. Oxygen will be titrated respectively to flow and FiO2 needed to maintain SpO2 ≥ 90% during training with both systems. Evaluation measures: SpO2 during training in both groups; dyspnoea (mMRC scale and CRQ dyspnoea); exercise capacity (6MWT) and HRQoL (self- administered KBILD questionnaire and SF36). In a subgroup of patients will be compared time of endurance exercise to evaluate the effects of nasal high-flow oxygen therapy in the acute exercise.
When patients get an attack of COPD, one of the main treatments is regular nebulised medications called bronchodilators. These medications act by opening up the airways allowing patients to breathe easier and to reduce shortness of breath. Newer nebulisers may increase the amount of medication that gets into the lungs compared to the standard nebuliser usually used in hospital. This study is being done to assess whether increasing the amount of medication getting into the lungs using these newer nebulisers will help patients recover from a COPD exacerbation.
- Assess the differences between flow and volume responses after bronchodilator reversibility testing in patients over different clinical chronic obstructive pulmonary disease stages (GOLD stage I to GOLD stage IV). - Study the Correlation between the bronchodilator response and the severity of the disease.
Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) experience physiological and psychological complications, such as shortness of breath, anxiety and depression. This has negative influence on their social life, daily activity level and overall quality of life. Patients can participate in a pulmonary rehabilitation program (PR) for the purpose of better managing of the disease and its symptoms and for avoiding future relapses and hospitalisations. However there is a large number of dropouts from PR, and therefore a need for investigation of new activities. Singing training may be one such potential relevant and motivating rehabilitation activity. This study aims to investigate the effects of singing training on both physiological and psychological aspects, and will compare the effects with that of physical training (golden standard in PR). Effects will be investigated in a randomised controlled trial (RCT) with 10 week intervention period. In all the study includes 11 municipalities from around all regions of Denmark, and in all 220 participants.
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a common, preventable and treatable disease that is characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation that is due to airway and/or alveolar abnormalities usually caused by significant exposure to noxious particles or gases. Acute exacerbations may occur during the management of stable COPD which can negatively impact health status, rates of hospitalization and re-admission. During exacerbation, some patients need immediate admission to the respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) for ventilatory support. As prolonged mechanical ventilation has unfavourable impacts, it is Important to minimize the duration of mechanical ventilation and perform extubation as soon as possible. In recent years, development of numerous models of artificial respiration, which could support spontaneous breathing, has made it possible to gradually decrease the mechanical ventilatory support. From these new modes, PSV which is a well known weaning mode will be compared in our study to a new weaning mode which is a volume support ventilation (VSV).
A Phase IIa, open-label, repeat-dose trial to investigate the pharmacokinetics (PK), safety and tolerability of single and multiple twice daily doses of inhaled Aclidinium Bromide/Formoterol Fumarate 400/12 μg in 20 Chinese male and female patients with stable moderate to severe COPD.
The primary objective of this pragmatic study is to compare the time to first moderate or severe COPD exacerbation in patients, not controlled on their current therapy, randomized to Stiolto Respimat versus triple therapy over 12 months of treatment The secondary objectives of this study include: 1. To compare the annual rate of moderate or severe COPD exacerbations for patients on Stiolto Respimat with patients on triple therapy. 2. To compare the time to first severe COPD exacerbation in both treatment arms. 3. To compare the annual rate of severe COPD exacerbations in both treatment arms. 4. To compare the proportion of patients with moderate or severe COPD exacerbations in both treatment arms.
Cardiac rehabilitation is a programme of exercise and health advice for people recovering from heart disease. Pulmonary rehabilitation is a similar programme for people with chronic lung disease. For both groups of patients, taking part in rehabilitation can lead to improvements in health and well-being. However, only 30% of patients complete their agreed rehabilitation programme. This costs the NHS millions of pounds every year. This project aims to investigate whether a motivational-based intervention, underpinned by self-determination theory and motivational interviewing, will enable staff to encourage more patients to take part in physical activity (PA). Staff will be trained with the new communication skills and will then deliver the rehabilitation programme. The session content will not change, just the way in which staff speak to patients. This will be a two-phase study. Phase A will take a qualitative approach collect patient and staff feedback about the current rehabilitation programme, before using this information to develop and pilot the intervention. Phase B will then assess the feasibility of the intervention within cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation. Participants agreeing to take part in the phase B will be required to complete an interview and questionnaire at three time points. Patients' personal opinions of the programmes will be extremely important in discovering what can be done to improve rehabilitation for future participants. The main objectives will be to look at whether the intervention increases the number of patients taking part in physical activity. The investigators plan to establish how much physical activity patients take part in whilst they are in rehabilitation, as well as once they have left the programme. This is why participants will be interviewed three and six months after they have finished their rehabilitation programme.
This a single center non-randomised non-sham controlled intervention study evaluating the effectiveness and safety of endoscopic lung volume reduction by endobronchial valves
This study aims to assess the efficacy of Pocket Medic to promote self-management and pulmonary rehabilitation adherence in COPD patients.