Study Results
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
123 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2018-01-24
2021-09-15
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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This study evaluates an exercise training program that requires minimal equipment (i.e., only a chair and elastic bands) and can be easily implemented long-term in the patient's home-setting.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
OTHER
NONE
Study Groups
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Exercise intervention
Home-based, minimal equipment exercise training program.
Exercise
Home-based exercise training program that requires only minimal equipment, and is individually adaptable to the participant's exercise level (6 times per week; 15-20 min; 38 exercise cards and one interactive training agenda booklet). After randomization, a health care professional (HOMEX coach) will visit the intervention group participants at their home to set up the training location, to instruct the exercises and to establish individualized goals. Follow-up visits are planned after 3 and 8-9 weeks. Regular telephone calls will be conducted by the same HOMEX coach to motivate the patients, to discuss training progress and concrete benefits and barriers, and to adapt goals and the training program. Additional intervention elements are that a relative or friend is involved as a "sparring" partner to support the participant. The general practitioner is informed about the participation of his/her patient in the intervention.
Control
Usual care (study participation does not have any impact on regular treatment or treatment decisions, including participation in other exercise training programs or rehabilitation programs)
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Exercise
Home-based exercise training program that requires only minimal equipment, and is individually adaptable to the participant's exercise level (6 times per week; 15-20 min; 38 exercise cards and one interactive training agenda booklet). After randomization, a health care professional (HOMEX coach) will visit the intervention group participants at their home to set up the training location, to instruct the exercises and to establish individualized goals. Follow-up visits are planned after 3 and 8-9 weeks. Regular telephone calls will be conducted by the same HOMEX coach to motivate the patients, to discuss training progress and concrete benefits and barriers, and to adapt goals and the training program. Additional intervention elements are that a relative or friend is involved as a "sparring" partner to support the participant. The general practitioner is informed about the participation of his/her patient in the intervention.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Diagnosis of COPD, defined as forced expiratory volume in 1s/forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC)\<70% predicted, FEV1\<80 % predicted after bronchodilation, with or without chronic symptoms (cough, sputum production) corresponding to a GOLD stage II-IV
* Completion of an inpatient or outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation not longer than 1 months ago
* Male and female patients ≥40 years of age
* Knowledge of German language to understand study material and assessments
Exclusion Criteria
40 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Zurich
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Locations
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Klinik Barmelweid
Barmelweid, , Switzerland
Berner Reha Zentrum AG
Heiligenschwendi, , Switzerland
Zürcher RehaZentren Wald
Wald, , Switzerland
Kantonsspital Winterthur
Winterthur, , Switzerland
University of Zurich
Zurich, , Switzerland
Countries
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References
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Frei A, Radtke T, Dalla Lana K, Brun P, Sigrist T, Spielmanns M, Beyer S, Riegler TF, Busching G, Spielmanns S, Kunz R, Cerini T, Braun J, Tomonaga Y, Serra-Burriel M, Polhemus A, Puhan MA. Effectiveness of a Long-term Home-Based Exercise Training Program in Patients With COPD After Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. Chest. 2022 Dec;162(6):1277-1286. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.07.026. Epub 2022 Aug 8.
Frei A, Radtke T, Dalla Lana K, Braun J, Muller RM, Puhan MA. Effects of a long-term home-based exercise training programme using minimal equipment vs. usual care in COPD patients: a study protocol for two multicentre randomised controlled trials (HOMEX-1 and HOMEX-2 trials). BMC Pulm Med. 2019 Mar 1;19(1):57. doi: 10.1186/s12890-019-0817-7.
Other Identifiers
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HOMEX-1
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id