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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

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

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

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
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RochesterUnited StatesRecruiting
Mayo Clinic in Arizona
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ScottsdaleUnited StatesRecruiting

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.