NCT06749262Recruiting
Inclined Versus Standard Exercise for COPD Patients
Inducing Variable Breathing Ratios During Walking to Improve Exercise Capacity in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study is designed to provide information regarding how to improve pulmonary rehabilitation for persons with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Pulmonary rehabilitation is an exercise program for COPD patients that is recommended and benefits some, but not all, patients. The question being studied in this trial is whether during an exercise program, walking on an incline might be better than walking on faster on a flat surface in training muscles so that patients might be less short of breath with exercise.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 54 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 19 Dec 2024
- Start date
- 1 Apr 2026
- Primary completion date
- 1 Sept 2029
- Lead sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- Diseases
- COPD
- NCT number
- NCT06749262
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 54
- From 1 Apr 2026 to the primary completion date, 1 Sept 2029
- 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
- Subjects taking medications that alter mood or metabolic demand will be excluded
Other illness
- Confounding effects such as neurological, musculoskeletal, or metabolic disease
Other
- All potential subjects must be cleared for participation by a physician after undergoing a cardiopulmonary exercise test
- Require an O2 mask during rest or activity
Who the study is looking for
- Veterans from all sex/gender, race, and ethnicity will be recruited
- All subjects will undergo post-bronchodilator spirometry and be clinically stable
- All subjects must have documented FEV1/FVC ratio of \<0.7, and between 30% to 80% FEV1% predicted
- If subjects have non-qualifying spirometry, they will not be screened further
- Subjects with qualifying spirometry will be screened further
- Potential subjects must have a BMI of less than 35 kg/m2 and must be free from co-morbidities that may affect walking patterns
- e.g., peripheral arterial disease, diabetes, low back pain
Age in the registry: 45 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha, NE Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Omaha | United States | Recruiting |
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