Urban Walking Circuits

Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Clinical Trial

Official title:

Improving Physical Activity in Patients With Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease With Urban Walking Circuits

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01854008
• Other study ID #: WALURB-01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: May 12, 2013
• Last updated: May 12, 2013
• Start date: April 2008
• Est. completion date: June 2011

Study information

• Verified date: May 2013
• Source: Hospital de Mataró
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Spain: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of the implementation of walking urban circuits in increasing the level of physical activity and exercise capacity in severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients after being enrolled in a pulmonary rehabilitation program.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 82
• Est. completion date: June 2011
• Est. primary completion date: June 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 50 Years to 85 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• severe COPD (post-bronchodilator Forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1)/ Forced vital capacity (FVC) <0.7 and FEV1 <50%) and stable disease defined as no exacerbation, hospital admission or change in treatment in the previous three months.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The exclusion criteria were: other significant respiratory disease (bronchiectasis, lung fibrosis, asthma, etc.), active smoking, severe cardiovascular, neurological, musculoskeletal and/or metabolic pathology that could interfere with the results, alcoholism (>80g/day) or severe malnutrition (BMI<19kg/m2).

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

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

Intervention

Other:
• rehabilitation more the urban circuit
included in a standard rehabilitation program + the urban circuit. A total of 32 urban walking circuits were developed jointly with the town hall of Mataró(124,000 in habitants)and were included in a triptych called "A PEU, FEM SALUT! Itineraris urbans per Mataró" http://www.mataro.cat/web/portal/ca/salut/salut_publica/itineraris/index
• rehabilitation program but not given urbane circuits
Only rehabilitation program and general recommendations on physical activity and lifestyle . No urbans circuits.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	Eulogio Pleguezuelos	Mataro	Barcelona

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hospital de Mataró

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	walked in meters in the six minute walking test (6MWT)	The 6MWT was standardized following international recommendations. Oxygen saturation and heart rate were recorded throughout the test using a pulsioximeter (Digit ® Finger Oximeter, Smiths Medical PM, USA). Dyspnea was evaluated using the modified Borg scale at the beginning and end of the test	Unlike walking meters of baseline and one year	No

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