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The Effect of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Cognitive Status in Lung Transplantation Candidates

The Effect of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Cognitive Status in Lung Transplantation Candidates

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03528447
Enrollment
59
Registered
2018-05-17
Start date
2018-05-20
Completion date
2025-09-01
Last updated
2025-05-01

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

Conditions

Cognitive Impairment, Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Keywords

lung transplantation, cognition, MOCA, exercise, pulmonary rehabilitation

Brief summary

Pulmonary rehabilitation program with aerobic and strengthening for 3 months will be applied to the candidates for lung transplantation. The program will be designed to be 2 days supervised weekly and 3 day home program. Cognitive functions and exercise capacities of the patients before and after the program will be evaluated.

Detailed description

The fact that cognition is not always included in the assessment routine makes it difficult to clarify which patient group or severity of illness is more affected by this issue. The effect of exercise on cognitive functions is a remarkable issue in recent years. It can also be predicted that cognitive function may be effective on program adaptation in patients who are given home program without supervision. The aim of the investigator's study was to investigate the effect of pulmonary rehabilitation on cognitive status in candidate lung transplant recipients. Lung transplantation candidates who refered from Lung Transplantation surgery team will receive the Pulmonary Rehabilitation program for 3-months (2 days at hospital, 3 days at home). Exercise program includes aerobic (walking band, bicycle, arm ergometer) and strengthening (with free weights) components. Patient will evaluate at the beginning and end of the program. Demographic information, diagnosis distributions, educational status of patients will be recorded. Exercise capacities are determined by 6 min walk test. The medical research concil dyspnea scale is used in determining the dispense levels. Montreal Cognitive Function Assessment (MOCA) is used to determine cognitive functions. Cognitive functions and exercise capacities of the patients before and after the program will be evaluated.

Interventions

OTHERPulmonary Rehabilitation

Aerobic training:The aerobic exercise program consists of treadmill walking, cycle ergometer and arm ergometer training. Group exercises were performed in sets of 15 minutes each with three exercise modalities. Strength training:It is recommended that resistance targets are set at loads equivalent to 20 to 40% of a 1-repetition maximum (1RM) maneuver and performed between 8 to 12 repetitions for 1 to 2 sets per session. Home exercise programme:The program included breathing exercises (local expansion exercises, diaphragmatic breathing and pursed lip breathing), free walking, upper and lower extremity strengthening exercises with Thera-Band.

Sponsors

Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* To be listed for lung transplantation, * Pulmonary rehabilitation exercise program planned to be taken, * Volunteers who have agreed to participate in the work, * Patients who can complete the 3-month Pulmonary Rehabilitation program.

Exclusion criteria

* Failure to complete the planned exercise program for any reason, * Not to be literate.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change from baseline distance covered in six minute walking test at 3-months.6 minute
Change from baseline The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) at 3-months15 minuteThe Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA; Nasreddine et al., 2005) takes approximately 10 minutes to administer and was designed to detect mild cognitive impairment.Thirty items assessing multiple cognitive domains are contained in the MoCA: short-term memory (5 points); visuospatial abilities via clock drawing (3 points), and a cube copy task (1 point); executive functioning via an adaptation of Trail Making Test Part B (1 point), phonemic fluency (1 point), and verbal abstraction (2 points); attention, concentration, and working memory via target detection (1 point), serial subtraction (3 points), digits forward (1 point), and digits backward (1 point); language via confrontation naming with low-familiarity animals (3 points), and repetition of complex sentences (2 points); and orientation to time and place (6 points) (Nasreddine et al., 2005). The MoCA is scored by obtaining an item total and the authors recommend a clinical cutoff score of 26.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change from baseline modified Medical Council Dyspnea score at 3-months5 minuteThe scale will rate the sensation of dyspnea as the person perceives it.The severity of dyspnea is rated on a scale of 0 to 4.0 point means no dyspnea perception and 4point means severe dyspnea perception.
Change from baseline Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1) at 3-months20 minute

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026