Open Trial of Biofeedback for Respiratory Symptoms

Running, not enrolling

Conditions studied: Shortness of Breath/Dyspnea

In brief

Biofeedback is a therapeutic paradigm that teaches patients how to gain awareness and control over previously unrecognized sympathetic changes such as body temperature, blood pressure, and heart rate. We propose to use a six session biofeedback protocol that includes heart-rate variability (HRV) biofeedback, respiration/relaxation training, and body temperature control to treat patients with unaddressed respiratory symptoms (e.g. shortness of breath) who are under the care of pulmonologists and have not responded to traditional biomedical approaches (e.g. inhalers, pulmonary rehab, etc.).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05973513

Run by

University of California, Los Angeles

People needed

25

Starts

2021-08-01

Expected to finish

2028-07-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-19

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 60. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• participants must be between 18-60
• English speaking
• must have least one respiratory sx and have received care from a pulmonologist for this sx

You may not qualify if…

• severe psychopathology (e.g., psychosis, active suicidality, moderate to severe intellectual impairment).

Where it is running

• Natacha Emerson — Los Angeles, California, United States

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