Reducing Dynamic Hyperinflation Through Breathing Retraining

Completed · Phase 2/Phase 3

Conditions studied: Pulmonary Disease, COPD

In brief

This study will compare the effects of exercise training and breathing retraining (using metronome tones) to exercise training only. Exercise training lasts 12 weeks.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01009099

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

119

Starts

2009-07-01

Expected to finish

2015-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-02-18

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 85. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 40 yr of age
• FEV1 70%
• FEV1/FVC < 70%
• RV/TLC 120%
• mean SpO2 90% at peak exercise (w/ or w/o O2)
• Able to hear metronome sounds Lives near Hines, IL (Chicagoland area)

You may not qualify if…

• Respiratory infection/exacerbation within the previous four weeks
• Exercise limiting heart disease (+ stress test or other indicators of heart disease or complaints of angina during the stress test)
• Primary asthma
• Congestive heart failure (New York Heart Association Class III or IV)
• Exercise-limiting peripheral arterial disease (stops exercise due to intermittent claudication)
• Stops exercise due to arthritic pain in the knee or hips (self-report)
• Inability to walk on the treadmill
• Pregnancy
• Any unforeseen illness or disability that would preclude exercise testing or training
• Participation in a formal exercise program within the previous 12 weeks

Where it is running

• Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital — Hines, Illinois, United States

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