Manual Therapy in Addition to Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Moderate Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Status unconfirmed · Phase 2/Phase 3 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Moderate

In brief

The aim of this study is to investigate the feasibility of administering this combination of interventions (CMT plus PR) to Veterans with moderate COPD within the context of a hospital-based outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04386590

Run by

Canandaigua VA Medical Center

People needed

20

Starts

2022-06-15

Expected to finish

2023-11-02

Last updated by the study team

2022-03-31

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 70. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Sex: Male and Female
• Age range: 50-70 years
• Disease status: Moderate COPD (FEV1% predicted: moderate 50-80% (GOLD 2018))
• Concomitant disease status: Stable COPD (no exacerbations in preceding 6 months) Non-smoking (for preceding 6 months)
• Willingness to give written informed consent.
• Willingness to participate in and comply with the study requirements.

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to complete 6-minute walking test unassisted
• Contra-indicated to thoracic spinal manipulation
• Thoracic joint instability
• Acute pain on thoracic joint range of motion testing
• High level of anxiety related to receiving thoracic spinal manipulation
• Inability to understand English
• People with a cognitive impairment, an intellectual disability or a mental illness
• Completed a pulmonary rehabilitation program in the previous 12 months

Where it is running

• Syracuse VA Medical Center — Syracuse, New York, United States (enrolling)

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