NCT06847061Recruiting
Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Rural Patients With COPD
Decreasing Disparity in Lung Disease: Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Rural Patients With COPD
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 7 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to test the uptake, effectiveness, and patient-caregiver-provider experience of a crucial treatment not provided in rural areas: pulmonary rehabilitation.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 306 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 21 Feb 2025
- Start date
- 1 Apr 2025
- Primary completion date
- 31 Aug 2029
- Lead sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
- Diseases
- COPD
- NCT number
- NCT06847061
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 306
- From 1 Apr 2025 to the primary completion date, 31 Aug 2029
- 2 sites 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
- Patients with no COPD symptom burden, no breathlessness (mMRC score 0), as based on our previous studies they usually perceive no benefit from PR and do not have compliance with PR.
Other illness
- Inability to walk (orthopedic/neurologic/cardiac limitation causing immobility)
- Cognitive impairment or inability to understand and follow instructions.
Other
- Traditional center-based PR was completed within 3 months of initial study recruitment.
- Transition to hospice or end-of-life care at the time of screening.
- Acute exacerbation at the time of screening.
Who the study is looking for
- 40 years of age or older
- Physician-diagnosed COPD
- Living in a rural area defined by Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes 4-10
- mMRC score\>=1
- English Speaking
Age in the registry: 40 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Clinic in Rochester Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rochester | United States | Recruiting |
| Mayo Clinic in Arizona Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Scottsdale | United States | Recruiting |
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