Respiratory Disease Management

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

In brief

The aim of this study is to reduce the number of subsequent hospital admissions and/or emergency department (ED) visits for hospitalized patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by utilizing a respiratory care practitioner-led disease management (RCP-DM) program compared to standard discharge instructions and planning.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01543217

Run by

Barnes-Jewish Hospital

People needed

428

Starts

2012-07-01

Expected to finish

2015-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-07-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 64. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adults greater than 18 years of age and less than 64 years of age will be eligible for enrollment if the lead investigator and the treating physician agree that the patient meets the enrollment criteria which include the following:
• patients with spirometrically confirmed COPD at high risk for repeat hospitalization or emergency department (ED) visits as predicted by hospital admission or ED visit in the previous 12 months for a COPD exacerbation,
• chronic home use of oxygen, or
• a course of systemic corticosteroid therapy in the preceding 12 months.

You may not qualify if…

• patients not expected to survive their hospitalization,
• presence of metastatic cancer,
• bed-bound individuals,
• non-English speaking patients, and
• patients unable to provide informed consent.

Where it is running

• Barnes-Jewish Hospital — St Louis, Missouri, United States

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