Bronchial Response to Exercise After Double Lung Transplantation

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age20+
SponsorChang Gung Memorial Hospital

About this trial

This study aims to investigate the airway response to exercise and its association with breathlessness in double lung transplant recipients by comparing responses during 5-minute and 15-minute exercise durations.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Received double lung transplantation

≥ 3 months post-transplant

Disqualifiers

Diagnosis of asthma

Significant airflow limitation (≤50% FEV1 predicted)

Inability to cooperate with the required tests and measurements

Recent infection or rejection within 1 month

Trial population

double lung transplantation recipients

Trial design

Design model

Case-only

Time perspective

Prospective

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Exercise

    Other intervention

    5 minutes of constant workload exercise at 60% of peak oxygen uptake from cardiopulmonary exercise testing

  • Exercise

    Other intervention

    15 minutes of constant workload exercise at 60% of peak oxygen uptake from cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Treatment groups

40 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: double lung transplant recipients1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Percentage change in FEV1 from baseline

Percentage change in FEV1 from baseline at immediately post-exercise, 5, 10, 15, 20, and 30 minutes post-exercise.

Time frame
from enrollment to up to 12 weeks

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Lead sponsor

National Taiwan University

Collaborator