COPD online-rehabilitation versus conventional COPD rehabilitation – rationale and design for a multicenter randomized controlled trial study protocol (CORe trial)

BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Study Protocol

Thomas Kallemose¹  Theresa Bieler²  Nina Godtfredsen³  Nina Beyer⁴  Anne Frølich⁵  Henrik Hansen⁶ 

[1] Clinical Research Center, Hvidovre University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark;Department of Physical & Occupational Therapy, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hvidovre University Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark;Institute for Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark;Research Unit for Chronic Diseases and Telemedicine, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2450, Copenhagen, NV, Denmark;Research Unit for Chronic Diseases and Telemedicine, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2450, Copenhagen, NV, Denmark;Research Unit for Chronic Diseases and Telemedicine, University Hospital Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Bispebjerg Bakke 23, 2450, Copenhagen, NV, Denmark;

关键词: COPD;    Tele-rehabilitation;    Pulmonary rehabilitation;    Randomized controlled trial;    Multicenter;    Exercise;    Quality of life;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12890-017-0488-1

 received in 2017-07-04, accepted in 2017-11-10,  发布年份 2017

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundRehabilitation of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a key treatment in COPD. However, despite the existing evidence and a strong recommendation from lung associations worldwide, 50% of patients with COPD decline to participate in COPD rehabilitation program and 30–50% drop-out before completion. The main reasons are severe symptoms, inflexible accessibility and necessity for transportation. Currently there are no well-established and evident rehabilitation alternatives. Supervised online screen rehabilitation could be a useful approach to increase accessibility and compliance. The aim of this multicenter RCT study is to compare the potential benefits of a 10-week online COPD rehabilitation program (CORe) with conventional outpatient COPD rehabilitation (CCRe).MethodsThis study is a randomized assessor- and statistician blinded superiority multicenter trial with two parallel groups, employing 1:1 allocation to the intervention and the comparison group.On the basis of a sample size calculation, 134 patients with severe or very severe COPD and eligible to conventional hospital based outpatient COPD rehabilitation will be included and randomized from eight different hospitals. The CORe intervention group receives group supervised resistance- and endurance training and patient education, 60 min, three times/week for 10 weeks at home via online-screen. The CCRe comparison group receives group based supervised resistance- and endurance training and patient education, 90 min, two times/week for 10 weeks (two hospitals) or 12 weeks (six hospitals) in groups at the local hospital. The primary outcome is change in the 6-min walking distance after 10/12 weeks; the secondary outcomes are changes in 30 s sit-to-stand chair test, physical activity level, symptoms, anxiety and depression symptoms, disease specific and generic quality of life. Primary endpoint is 10/12 weeks from baseline, while secondary endpoints are 22, 36, 62 weeks from baseline assessments.DiscussionThe study will likely contribute to knowledge regarding COPD tele-rehabilitation and to which extent it is more feasible and thereby more efficient than conventional COPD rehabilitation in patients with severe and very severe COPD.Trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT02667171. Registration data: January 28th 2016.

【 授权许可】

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