NCT05701982Recruiting
The Effect of a Technology-Mediated Integrated Walking and Tai Chi Intervention on Physical Function in Veterans With COPD and Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Jan 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Persons with COPD benefit from being physically active, but they are often limited by chronic musculoskeletal pain. This project will determine whether a non-pharmacologic, integrated, technology-mediated walking and Tai Chi mindfulness intervention can improve physical function in Veterans with COPD and chronic musculoskeletal pain. The proposed research addresses VA Rehabilitation R\&D Service's high priority area of improving health-related quality of life by reducing disease burden and maximizing function in Veterans with chronic disease.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 136 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 5 Jan 2023
- Start date
- 3 Jan 2024
- Primary completion date
- 30 Sept 2027
- Lead sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Diseases
- COPD
- NCT number
- NCT05701982
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 136
- From 3 Jan 2024 to the primary completion date, 30 Sept 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- COPD exacerbation in the previous 1 month
- Participation in a regular exercise (i.e., MOVE! or Gerofit) or Tai Chi program in the previous 3 months
- Concurrent participation in another interventional research study
- Active medical intervention that would cause a meaningful increase in pain such as surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy
- Different criteria are used if baseline study visit is a virtual one.
Other illness
- Clinical signs of unstable cardiovascular disease (active coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, uncontrolled atrial fibrillation, or uncontrolled hypertension)
Lab values
- Inability to collect at least 7 of 10 days of baseline step counts
Other
- Oxygen saturation \< 85% recorded on baseline 4-meter walk\*
- High fall risk (unable to perform 5 chair stand tests)
- Inability to ambulate
- Inability to complete questionnaires
- Active substance abuse
- Receipt of hospice or end-of-life palliative care
Who the study is looking for
- Male and female participants, aged 40 and older
- Clinical diagnosis of COPD defined as history of cigarette consumption of \> 10 pack-years, and either a ratio of forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) to forced vital capacity (FVC) \< 0.70 or chest computerized tomography (CT) evidence of emphysema\*
- Numeric Rating Scale pain score \> 3 for \> 3 months
- Self-reported ability to walk a minimum of one block, bend at the hip, and transfer weight from one leg to another
- Ability to complete 800 feet walk with Fitbit Inspire-2 recording \> 90% accuracy to detect steps compared to manual counts\*
- Have access to a computer or smartphone with Internet connection or willing to come to study site to use study computers
- Have access to videoconferencing audio and video capabilities
- Competent to provide informed consent and willingness to make return study visits
- Different criteria are used if baseline study visit is a virtual one.
Age in the registry: 40 years to 100 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA Boston Healthcare System Jamaica Plain Campus, Jamaica Plain, MA Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Recruiting |
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