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 volunteersQualifiers
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
Case-only
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Exercise
Other intervention5 minutes of constant workload exercise at 60% of peak oxygen uptake from cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Exercise
Other intervention15 minutes of constant workload exercise at 60% of peak oxygen uptake from cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
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.
Sponsors and contacts
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Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Lead sponsor
National Taiwan University
Collaborator