J44.8
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients diagnosed with COPD, patients of stage I - IV or AD (according to GOLD classification)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Regard to acute pathological cardiac events (e.g. heart attack), comorbidities such as heart failure (NYHA III and IV), congestive heart failure, high blood pressure (> 220/120 mmHg), severe mental illness, cognitive impairments, limitations of the musculoskeletal system, which make a training impossible, neurological diseases that affect the training and implementation, acute exacerbations, acute inflammation / infection
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Exercise capacity as measured by 6-minute walk test before and after 3- and 6-month treatment phase for the individualized training group and before and after 3 months in the control group | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Following parameters will be measured in the individualized training group at baseline, 3- and 6-month after treatment phase and before the start and after 3 months in the control group: 1. quality of life (SGRQ, CAT score, HADS) 2. Physical fitness (endurance performance (bicycle ergometer tests)) 3. lung function (Spirometire) 4. Systemic inflammation (serum concentration of inflammatory markers) 5. breath condensate (EBC) 6. laboratory parameters (muscular function) 7. left/right ventricular function 8. bone turnover markers | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg Innere Medizin, Pneumologie