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UPTURN feasibility study – A study testing the acceptability and delivery feasibility of a support package designed to help people with COPD attend pulmonary rehabilitation

Evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of a support package to increase the UPTake of pUlmonary RehabilitatioN for people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the UPTURN WP1b study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN59469803
Enrollment
56
Registered
2026-03-23
Start date
2026-04-27
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-04-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Respiratory

Interventions

Intervention cohort: Three or more NHS PR providers will be recruited in England. Pseudo-anonymised screening logs of eligible patients will be generated from the sites' existing waiting lists and s

Sponsors

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 120 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Site eligibility criteria: 1. Have a named Health Care Professional (HCP) willing and appropriate to take Principal Investigator responsibility 2. Have suitably trained staff available to screen for participants (e.g. search waiting list plus de-identification activity) and enter data 3. Be participating in the National Respiratory Audit Programme for the duration of the UPTURN study 4. Have long enough waiting times (minimum 6 weeks) to allow for the intervention to be delivered in between referral and initial assessment but also within the feasibility study timeframe 5. Not currently running a trial/study aimed to improve PR uptake Patients inclusion criteria: 1. Aged over 18 years 2. Referral to PR at participating PR providers with approximately 6 to 10 weeks before estimated PR assessment date (at the time of screening) 3. Confirmed clinical diagnosis of COPD

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Does not meet service specific inclusion criteria for PR assessment 2. National data opt-out

Countries

United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactEstelle Payerne
e.payerne@uea.ac.uk+44 1603591263

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: May 1, 2026