PEP Buddy in Pulmonary Rehabilitation
ConditionCOPD
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age40-89
SponsorVA Office of Research and Development
About this trial
In this study, the investigators will test Veterans with COPD in Pulmonary Rehabilitation. Between two groups, the investigators will give one group a device that assists with breathing and symptoms and the other receives a 'sham' device which does not provide these benefits. The investigators will test to see if the symptoms and exercise capacity of the group who receives this device improves faster in Pulmonary Rehabilitation and has longer lasting benefits after the end of Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Veteran
Referral to Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD
FEV1 <80% predicted
Participants must be able to exercise on 4L/m nasal cannula O2
Disqualifiers
Those deemed by the study personnel to have a lung disease other than COPD impacting their daily dyspnea
Those that are unable to perform study procedures or are unwilling or unable to use PEP Buddy
Those that have a component of lung disease driven by aspiration or neurological conditions affecting the face or oropharynx
Those with a life expectancy of <1 year
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- PEP Buddy
- PEP Buddy Sham
Treatment groups
120 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov