Ventilatory Adaptation to Concentric Versus Eccentric Exercise in Patients With Severe COPD

NCT ID: NCT03923660

Last Updated: 2019-04-22

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-09-20

Study Completion Date

2019-12-31

Brief Summary

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Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) based on concentric exercise training has become an integral component in the treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), improving functional capacities while diminishing symptoms and improving quality of life.

However, the response to concentric exercise training is heterogeneous from one COPD patient to another. The inability of some COPD patients to achieve the exercise intensities required to stress limb muscles due to severe ventilatory limitation could partially explain their poor response to training.

Endurance exercise with eccentric muscle contractions could be an interesting alternative to concentric exercise because it produces greater muscle force through its lower metabolic cost. Eccentric exercise could allow patients with severe airflow limitation to perform prolonged exercise sessions with sufficient intensity to improve muscle function.

Nevertheless, a recent study performed in healthy young subjects reported that eccentric exercise induced a more hyperpneic breathing pattern (i.e., lower tidal volume and higher breathing frequency) that concentric for a given minute ventilation.

The main objective of CONvEX study is to compare ventilatory adaptation between two modalities of exercise performed on cycle ergometer (concentric versus eccentric) in severe COPD patients.

Detailed Description

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Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) based on concentric exercise training has become an integral component in the treatment of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), improving functional capacities while diminishing symptoms and improving quality of life.

However, the response to concentric exercise training is heterogeneous from one COPD patient to another. The inability of some COPD patients to achieve the exercise intensities required to stress limb muscles due to severe ventilatory limitation could partially explain their poor response to training.

Endurance exercise with eccentric muscle contractions could be an interesting alternative to concentric exercise because it produces greater muscle force through its lower metabolic cost. Eccentric exercise could allow patients with severe airflow limitation to perform prolonged exercise sessions with sufficient intensity to improve muscle function.

Nevertheless, a recent study performed in healthy young subjects reported that eccentric exercise induced a more hyperpneic breathing pattern (i.e., lower tidal volume and higher breathing frequency) that concentric for a given minute ventilation.

The main objective of CONvEX study is to compare ventilatory adaptation between two modalities of exercise performed on cycle ergometer (concentric versus eccentric) in severe COPD patients.

Conditions

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Severe

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Concentric-eccentric

Concentric-eccentric

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Incremental Concentric-eccentric exercise test

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will perform incremental exercise test on semi recumbent eccentric ergometer

Eccentric-concentric

Eccentric-concentric

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Incremental Eccentric-concentric exercise test

Intervention Type OTHER

Patients will perform incremental exercise test on semi recumbent concentric ergometer

Interventions

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Incremental Concentric-eccentric exercise test

Patients will perform incremental exercise test on semi recumbent eccentric ergometer

Intervention Type OTHER

Incremental Eccentric-concentric exercise test

Patients will perform incremental exercise test on semi recumbent concentric ergometer

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Severe COPD (FEV1 \[forced expiratory volume in 1 second\] / FVC \[forced vital capacity\] \< 70% et FEV1 \< 50%)
* Informed consent
* Affiliation to a social security scheme

Exclusion Criteria

* Effort oxygen therapy
* Cardiovascular, neuromuscular or musculoskeletal disorders that can provide significant dyspnea or limit exercise
* Legal incapacity
* Low or no cooperation anticipated
Minimum Eligible Age

40 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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CHU de Besançon

Besançon, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

Other Identifiers

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P/2018/374

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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