Probiotics in Pulmonaty Rehabilitation for COPD

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorFu Jen Catholic University

About this trial

This study aims to investigate various aspects of patients with chronic respiratory diseases undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation supplemented with probiotics. The focus will be on clinical physiological responses, functional performance, respiratory status assessments, nutritional status evaluations, body composition analyses, and biochemical blood parameters, with a primary emphasis on the anti-inflammatory response.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Willing to sign a written informed consent form.

Diagnosed with pre-COPD or COPD stage I-IV according to the 2023 GOLD guidelines.

Undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation therapy for more than three months.

Disqualifiers

Under 18 years old.

Diagnosed with neuromuscular diseases.

Experienced respiratory disease exacerbation requiring emergency care or hospitalization in the past three months.

Unable to cooperate with cardiopulmonary exercise testing.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • probiotic supplementation intervention

    Other intervention

    probiotic supplementation will be administered, while participants continue undergoing routine pulmonary rehabilitation therapy

  • standard pulmonnary rehabilitation

    Other intervention

    undergo routine pulmonary rehabilitation without probiotics intervention

Treatment groups

60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: probiotic groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: pulmonary rehabilitation groupActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

interleukin-6

inflammation evaluation

Time frame
six weeks

Secondary outcomes

1

indirect calorimetry

nutrition status

Time frame
six weeks
2

body composition analysis

nutrition status

Time frame
six weeks
3

heart rate

physiological parameters

Time frame
six weeks
4

saturation

physiological parameters

Time frame
six weeks

Other outcomes

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