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walking on incline or walking at increasing speed for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Waitlist Available
Led By Debra J. Romberger, MD
Research Sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up within 7 days of initial assessment
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Study Summary

This trial is testing whether walking on an incline is better than walking on a flat surface to improve pulmonary rehabilitation for COPD patients.

Eligible Conditions
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~7 days after the initial assessment
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 7 days after the initial assessment for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Dyspnea
Other outcome measures
Coupling
Dynamic hyperinflation
Lung
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Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: walking at inclineExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Subjects will walk on treadmill at slope and speed to equal 60% of their peak work rate as determined on baseline cardiopulmonary exercise test.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

VA Office of Research and DevelopmentLead Sponsor
1,609 Previous Clinical Trials
3,306,595 Total Patients Enrolled
University of NebraskaOTHER
537 Previous Clinical Trials
1,143,946 Total Patients Enrolled
Debra J. Romberger, MDPrincipal InvestigatorOmaha VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, NE

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Uphill Walking as Exercise for COPD Patients
2020. "Uphill Walking as Exercise for COPD Patients". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04026529.
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