Breathing Exercises for Asthma

Asthma Clinical Trial

Official title:

Breathing Exercises for Asthma

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02151422
• Other study ID #: HUM00081294.
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 28, 2014
• Last updated: June 29, 2016
• Start date: November 2013
• Est. completion date: September 2015

Study information

• Verified date: June 2016
• Source: University of Michigan
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Despite the advances in pharmacological therapy for asthma, there has been an increasing worldwide interest in alternative therapies for asthma. Treatments and therapies such as yoga, acupuncture, homeopathy, hypnosis and Buteyko and other breathing techniques have been used as complementary therapies however little evidence exists behind such practices.

Data from systemic reviews and randomized control trials provide evidence of benefit although additional confirmation is still needed. Among the most common techniques are the Buteyko breathing exercises that aim to reduce minute ventilation by instruct asthmatics patients to breathe shallowly and slowly through the nose. The second common technique is the Pranayama, or yoga breathing exercises which emphasizes deep respirations and exhalation prolongation.

Our goal is to assess the effectiveness of breathing exercises as a complementary therapy for asthma.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 75
• Est. completion date: September 2015
• Est. primary completion date: September 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults age 18-65 of either sex, with a physician-diagnosed history of persistent asthma.

• Access to internet

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects with history of COPD or any other lung disease, pregnant or lactating women, no access to internet and patients who cannot communicate in English.

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Asthma

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Breathing exercise
Patients will be thought 3 different exercises included yoga pranayama, diaphragmatic breathing and pursed lip breathing. Patients will be asked to repeat these exercises at least twice daily for a one month period. Also patients will be thought 4 different exercises which they could use in the event of an asthma exacerbation. Teaching will be supplemented by a breathing exercise brochure and patients will be asked to demonstrate proper technique at initial visit and at the return visit.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Allergy and Immunology Clinic at University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	Michigan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Michigan

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Improvement of quality of life of asthmatic patients		equal or greater than 30 days	No