NCT01458314

Brief Summary

Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and chronic respiratory insufficiency (CRI) have severe dyspnoea during exercise at low load. Physiological studies performed in these patients during a unique session of training have shown a positive effect on exercise tolerance if non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) was added during incremental effort test or endurance. Menadue and coworkers (2009) have shown in CRI patients with hypercapnia, secondary to COPD or cifoscoliosis, that combination of NIV during arm effort test improved ability to perform the exercise. Similar result was not reached using NIV during walking. Further studies have underlined a positive effect of the ventilation therapy during exercise within specific programs of pulmonary rehabilitation (Corner 2009). Moreover, the addition of NIV to an exercise training (ET) program in COPD patients may produce greater benefits in exercise tolerance and quality of life than exercise training alone (Garrod 2000). A great improvement in health-related quality of life, functional status and gas exchange in COPD patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure with nocturnal NIV compared with patients in pulmonary rehabilitation alone has been also shown by Duieverman (2008). However, in the same study Duieverman did not show any significant difference between groups in terms of tolerance to effort test. Aim of the study is to evaluate if application of daily NIV during physical training may increase the benefits of rehabilitation in CRI patients with nocturnal NIV compared with patients with nocturnal NIV performing training under spontaneous breathing.

Trial Health

87
On Track

Trial Health Score

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Enrollment
35

participants targeted

Target at P25-P50 for not_applicable

Timeline
Completed

Started Mar 2011

Longer than P75 for not_applicable

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
completed

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

March 1, 2011

Completed
8 months until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

October 12, 2011

Completed
12 days until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

October 24, 2011

Completed
3.6 years until next milestone

Primary Completion

Last participant's last visit for primary outcome

June 1, 2015

Completed
4 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

October 1, 2015

Completed
Last Updated

November 13, 2015

Status Verified

November 1, 2015

Enrollment Period

4.3 years

First QC Date

October 12, 2011

Last Update Submit

November 12, 2015

Conditions

Keywords

Physical exerciseRehabilitationNIV

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Effort tolerance measured by 6-minutes Walking test

    Changes from baseline in 6-minutes Walking test

    After 3 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (6)

  • Maximal Inspiratory Pressure/Maximal Expiratory Pressure

    After 3 weeks

  • Quality of life MRF 28

    After 3 weeks

  • Gas analysis

    After 3 weeks

  • Effort tolerance evaluated by 6-minutes walking test

    After 3 weeks

  • Endurance at cycloergometer test

    After 3 weeks

  • +1 more secondary outcomes

Study Arms (2)

Rehabilitation without NIV

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

A usual rehabilitative training will be performed in patients using nocturnal NIV, without adoption of daily NIV

Other: Rehabilitation without NIV

Daily NIV during rehabilitation

EXPERIMENTAL

Daily NIV will be adopted during the rehabilitation program in patients already using nocturnal NIV

Other: Daily NIV during rehabilitation

Interventions

Addition of non invasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) during daily rehabilitation in patients using nocturnal NIV

Also known as: Group 1, Intervention
Daily NIV during rehabilitation

Training in patients without NIV adoption

Also known as: Group 2, No intervention
Rehabilitation without NIV

Eligibility Criteria

Age40 Years - 79 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

  • A total of 50 patients aging 40-79 years will be enrolled ( 8 out of 50 will be from FSM in Lumezzane)
  • Patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency (CRI) in treatment with nocturnal NIV from at least six months;
  • Clinical stability (absence of disease re-exacerbations from at least 4 weeks before the study).

You may not qualify if:

  • Cardiac diseases: unstable and/or exercise angina, congestive heart failure cardiac, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias, sinus tachycardia at rest (HR \>120 bpm), hypertension at rest and/or during effort not adequately checked by therapy
  • Orthopaedic and/or neuromuscular illnesses.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri

Lumezzane, Brescia, 25065, Italy

Location

Related Publications (1)

  • Vitacca M, Kaymaz D, Lanini B, Vagheggini G, Ergun P, Gigliotti F, Ambrosino N, Paneroni M. Non-invasive ventilation during cycle exercise training in patients with chronic respiratory failure on long-term ventilatory support: A randomized controlled trial. Respirology. 2018 Feb;23(2):182-189. doi: 10.1111/resp.13181. Epub 2017 Sep 22.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Activity

Interventions

MethodsRehabilitationNoninvasive Ventilation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Investigative TechniquesAftercareContinuity of Patient CarePatient CareTherapeuticsHealth ServicesHealth Care Facilities Workforce and ServicesRespiration, ArtificialAirway ManagementRespiratory Therapy

Study Officials

  • Michele Vitacca, MD

    Fondazione Salvatore Maugeri

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
not applicable
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
TREATMENT
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER
Responsible Party
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PI Title
Principal investigator

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

October 12, 2011

First Posted

October 24, 2011

Study Start

March 1, 2011

Primary Completion

June 1, 2015

Study Completion

October 1, 2015

Last Updated

November 13, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-11

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