Telerehabilitation in Patients With Bronchiectasis

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Conditions studied: Bronchiectasis, Telerehabilitation

In brief

Background: Home-based telerehabilitation (TR) has demonstrated benefits comparable to conventional rehabilitation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and pulmonary fibrosis. However, TR has not been thoroughly investigated in patients with bronchiectasis, despite evidence suggesting improvements in exercise capacity and quality of life. Aims: To evaluate the effects of TR on functional capacity, quality of life, and inflammatory biomarkers, as well as its safety in patients with bronchiectasis. Study design: Single-center randomized controlled trial with a parallel-group design. Methods: Patients diagnosed with bronchiectasis will be recruited from the Surgical Medical Unit for Respiratory Diseases at Virgen del Rocío University Hospital. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: a control group receiving usual care, and a TR group undergoing supervised physical training for 12 weeks, three times per week. Outcome measures will include the 6-minute walk test, quality-of-life questionnaires, pulmonary function tests, symptom assessment, and adverse event recording, as well as sputum microbiology and analysis of inflammatory biomarkers. Assessments will be conducted at baseline and at the end of the intervention. Expected results: A 12-week TR program is expected to significantly improve exercise capacity and quality of life in the intervention group. Additionally, this study may contribute to the development of future clinical guidelines regarding the use of TR in patients with bronchiectasis.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07539571

Run by

Hospitales Universitarios Virgen del Rocío

People needed

80

Starts

2026-09-01

Expected to finish

2032-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-20

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Bronchiectasis diagnosed by high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) of the chest.
• Clinically stable patients (without hospitalizations, infection or changes in pharmacological treatment in the last month of the study beginning).
• Both gender
• Non smokers.
• Internet connection available.

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to give informed consent to participate
• Less of 18 years
• With other lung related diseases (asthma, COPD and cystic fibrosis)
• Decompensated cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, neuromuscular or musculoskeletal that impede the realization of the protocol.
• Mental disorders that prevent the adequate participation in the tele-rehabilitation program.
• Simultaneous participation in another clinical trial.

Where it is running

• Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío — Seville, Sevilla, Spain

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