NCT06091280Completed
Home-Based Respiratory Muscle Strength Training Program for Individuals With Post-COVID-19 Persistent Dyspnea
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 Apr 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
To evaluate the extent to which a 12-week respiratory rehabilitation program consisting of inspiratory and expiratory breathing exercises compared to expiratory breathing exercises alone will help to improve shortness of breath, respiratory symptoms, breathing function, distance walked, and quality of life in those who are experiencing persistent shortness of breath after having had COVID-19. Measurements will take place at the beginning, 6 weeks, and at 12 weeks in the study.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 25 (actual)
- First submitted
- 18 Oct 2023
- Start date
- 1 Dec 2023
- Primary completion date
- 23 Dec 2024
- Lead sponsor
- University of South Florida
- Diseases
- Long COVID and ME/CFS
- NCT number
- NCT06091280
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 25
- From 1 Dec 2023 to the primary completion date, 23 Dec 2024
- 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
- Individuals hospitalized for COVID-19 who self-report that they received mechanical ventilation during hospitalization.
Other
- Individuals who are wheelchair bound or who cannot walk independently.
Who the study is looking for
- Self-reported history of a positive COVID-19 diagnosis in the past.
- Able to walk independently
- Cognitively intact
- English-speaking
- Dyspnea at rest or with activity rated at 3 or greater on the Dyspnea on Exertion scale.
- May use oxygen.
- May be taking medications.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of South Florida Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tampa | United States | Unknown status |
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