Exercise in Health and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

In brief

The purpose of this study is to find out more about the effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on the function of blood vessels, the heart, and muscle at rest and during exercise.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02300064

Run by

University of Utah

People needed

185

Starts

2009-01-01

Expected to finish

2016-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-06-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients (over 18 years old) and
• age-matched healthy controls (over 18 years old)

You may not qualify if…

• Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (volume exhaled at the end of the first section of forced expiration is predicted to be under 30 percent),
• Severe Heart Failure

Where it is running

• Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Heath Care System — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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