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Filter by:This study will test the effectiveness of integrating an evidence-based model of home-based palliative (HBPC) within primary care clinics on patient and caregiver outcomes. The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial, randomizing 1,155 seriously ill patients (and approximately 884 family caregivers) who receive primary care from 30-40 regional accountable care organizations (ACOs) in California to one of two study groups: HBPC or enhanced usual care (EUC). Follow-up data will be collected via telephone surveys with patients at 1- and 2-months and with caregivers at 1- and 2-months, and, as appropriate, following the death of the patient.
A recent French study conducted in the general population in the north, using more than 12,000 people randomly drawn from the electoral lists, shows a prevalence of nearly 15% of an obstructive spirometric function disorder; The diagnosis was ignored in 70% of cases. If we consider the Finistère situation, the mortality data are unfavorable, with an excess of COPD mortality compared to the French average. Compared to other frequent chronic conditions, such as high blood pressure or diabetes, the management of COPD may appear complex for at least two reasons: - Screening is difficult because of the banality of symptoms and the need for spirometry to confirm the diagnosis; - Comorbidities are masking the respiratory pathology; It is on this first point concerning the difficulty of screening that this project focuses. It is true that the development of screening strategies for COPD has been the subject of numerous studies, the results of which are controversial. The target population of smokers over the age of 40, who are readily selected, is difficult to achieve as a whole because the use of care is far from homogeneous. Many people do not have a general practitioner. Recent reviews of COPD screening do not recommend systematic screening for COPD in adults. However, they emphasize the feasibility of screening by questionnaire and / or portable spirometry. A selection of patients suspected of exacerbations (patients with at least one episode labeled "bronchitis") could increase the cost-effectiveness of screening by focusing on the most severe cases. In France, the High Authority for Health (HAS), inspired by the work of the WHO (GOLD programs), offers a simple five-question questionnaire available online for all healthcare professionals in order to facilitate an indication of screening spirometry, where the proposed approach combines symptom identification with active smoking. General practitioners are in this first line of approach for the diagnosis: in fact, the HAS, in its guide of the "pathway of care of the patient COPD", recommends that the general practitioner can carry out the spirometric screening. The corresponding pulmonologist intervenes in this course by completing the explorations and optimizing the management, especially in patients with frequent exacerbations. This ideal scheme is hampered by the present practical organization, a minority of general practitioners (10%) practicing in multidisciplinary health centers, places where the organization of a functional respiratory measurement can be easier. The current recommendations for smoking cessation allow the coding of this management. It is global, applicable in primary care. It proposes as a starting point the minimal advice, then associates medicines of assistance with the stop, cognitive-behavioral therapies and a prolonged follow-up of the patients after weaning. However, although these comprehensive management techniques are effective for smoking cessation, it is shown that they are underutilized in routine practice by health professionals with low patient participation rates. This is noticed, whereas the application of the minimum board alone would allow about 200 000 people to have access to weaning every year. In a complementary way, the performance of a functional respiratory test in the active smoking patient has been proposed as a full-fledged tool for the weaning assistance process. Analysis of the literature, however, yields discordant results. Two recent studies have revived the debate: they highlight the potential of spirometry as a communication medium in the context of smoking cessation (using pulmonary age) by confronting patients with the discovery and understanding of their ventilatory disorder obstructive. Finally, if other health care providers are invited to participate actively in screening, including pharmacists, their place in this screening strategy has been less valued. In particular, pharmacists and dentists are required to provide care to patients with little or no use of the general practitioner: screening for COPD among these patients deserves consideration. Similarly, nurses occupy a special place, being called in particular to carry out regular care of patients, both in their office and at home. The administration of injectable antibiotics in a context of exacerbation of unlikely COPD is a frequent care opportunity, which may include this more comprehensive approach. Finally, physiotherapists, who are increasingly trained in the concept of respiratory rehabilitation, are taking charge of other potentially COPD smokers for other pathologies. Based on the willingness of Finnish actors to work on a COPD pathway with the help of the regional health agency, the investigators propose to question the respective place of health care professionals involved in primary care among potentially COPD patients: Dentists, nurses, general practitioners, physiotherapists and pharmacists
SilverCloud provides internet-delivered interventions for depression and anxiety in NHS Mental Health Services. The interventions have proved successful in the management of depression and anxiety for clients presenting to mental health services, with recovery rates exceeding the national standard. Recently SilverCloud has embarked on tailoring the interventions for patients with long-term conditions including COPD, pain and diabetes. The purpose of the customisation is to make the interventions more meaningful and relevant to patients with LTCs, but all the while having the same goal of addressing depression and anxiety disorders. In doing so it would be expected that individuals might be in a better position to effectively self-manage their LTC. The current study, therefore, seeks to assess the possible effectiveness of implementing customised internet-delivered interventions for depression and anxiety for people with long-term conditions presenting to NHS mental health services.
People living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) have problems with their balance and a high incidence of falls compared to those of a similar age. Pulmonary rehabilitation is recommended for people with COPD, however, these training programs do not typically include balance training or fall prevention strategies. In this study, patients with COPD who report problems with their balance or have had a fall in the last two years will be assigned to a treatment group (balance training plus pulmonary rehabilitation) or control group (standard pulmonary rehabilitation). We will record the number of falls using monthly diaries and evaluate patient's balance, strength, confidence and quality of life.
The aim of study is to determine if 99mTc Annexin V-128 (AxV- 128/Tc) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)-computed tomography (CT) can detect perioperative lung injury. The investigators will study patients undergoing major surgery, specifically Whipple procedures (pancreatico-duodenectomies) and compare AxV-128/Tc SPECT-CT scans before and after surgery in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and non-COPD patients.
Limitation of expiratory flows is considered as the main determiner of dynamic distension and dyspnoea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The analysis of proximal and distal resistances should allow to better appreciate the functional impact. This study should also allow to specify the best parameters in respiratory functional explorations useful for the follow-up in COPD and to specify the relevance of functional indications other than the forced expiration volume at 1 second (FEV1) or the functional residual capacity (FRC) to estimate in a more relevant way the clinical improve with the increase of the therapeutic load (increase of posology, association of two bronchodilatators, addition of an anti-inflammatory drug, thus etc…) at already handled patients suffering from a persistent dyspnoea insufficiently relieved.
The overall objective of the study is to investigate the feasibility of home based inspiratory muscle training (IMT) on chronic hypercapnia in patients with severe COPD, and to examine the relationship between inspiratory muscle strength and carbon dioxide level.
A placebo-controlled trial to determine whether recent ex-smokers with COPD who successfully stop smoking after taking varenicline are less likely to relapse back to smoking if they continue using varenicline for a further 12 weeks
This is a study funded by the National Institute of Health. The rationale for the need of this research is the lack of any well proven risk-reducing intervention that may decrease the morbidity of lung cancer resection in patients with COPD or that may improve their quality of life trajectory, a meaningful outcome in the overall disease progression. The proposed intervention is unique as it combines exercise and behavioral interventions that were pilot tested in a randomized single-blinded controlled design in the proposed population and proved feasible and potentially effective. The aim is to test the effect of the proposed rehabilitation on length of stay, pulmonary complications and quality of life trajectory.
This phase IIb randomized trial studies how well cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) supplementation works in strengthening inspiratory muscles in cholecalciferol-deficient patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Cholecalciferol supplementation may help reduce the risk of developing lung cancer and strengthen the diaphragm in cholecalciferol-deficient patients with COPD.