Comparing Exercise and Laser Therapy for Restless Legs in COPD
Compares interval aerobic training with laser puncture for restless legs in COPD.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Pharos University in Alexandria
- Where
- Alexandria, EgyptSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Efficacy of Interval Aerobic Training Versus Laser Puncture Therapy on Restless Leg Syndrome in Copd Patient
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 60 people, planned
- Started
- 25 May 2025
- Planned end
- 25 Jul 2025
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groups
- Treatments tested
- traidmail
- laser puncture therapy
- Record updated
- 2 May 2025
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for men aged 40 to 60 who have COPD and restless legs symptoms. It compares interval aerobic training with laser puncture therapy.
- Age
- 40 to 60 years
- Sex
- Men only
- Disease stage
- COPD diagnosed at least two years before joining, with an intense urge to move the legs and unpleasant leg sensations that get worse at rest
- Biomarker or test result
- BMI between 25.5 and 29.0
Main reasons for not taking part
- Acute infections or cancer
- History of kidney disease, hiatus hernia, severe acid reflux or osteoporosis
- Severe anemia or congestive heart failure
- Severe nerve or muscle and bone conditions
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Men with COPD who were between the ages of 40 and 60 and had a BMI between 25.5 and 29.0 were eligible to enroll if they had received a diagnosis of COPD at least two years priorAn intense desire to move the legs is frequently accompanied by unpleasant and uncomfortable leg sensations. Patients usually experience worsening symptoms when they are at rest, sitting, or lying down. Walking and stretching are examples of physical activity that can help reduce these symptoms to some or all of their intensity
Who cannot take part
- 1) Individuals suffering from acute infections and malignant diseases; 2) Individuals with a history of kidney disease, hiatus hernia, severe gastro-esophageal reflux, and osteoporosis 3) Patients with severe anemia and congestive heart failure 4) Individuals with severe neurological and musculoskeletal conditions
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 40 and 60 years old?
Where in Egypt
- Ola Mohamed Elsayed ElgoharyAlexandria, EgyptContact: ola elgohary, lecturerNo longer taking part
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
DETERMINE HOW TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS WITH COPD BY DECREASING TINTENSITY OF THE RESTLESS SYNDROME
The 2 groups in the trial
- aerobic trainingTreatment being tested
3 sessions per week,40 mints each session, mild to moderate intensity exercise
Treatment: traidmail
- laser puncture therapyTreatment being tested
There were three sessions per week, each lasting 40 minutes. Five minutes later, a laser probe was applied to the acupuncture sites on the leg.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Efficacy of Interval Aerobic Training Versus Laser Puncture Therapy on the Severity of Restless Leg Syndrome in Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease Patients
- Plain-language title
- Comparing Exercise and Laser Therapy for Restless Legs in COPDGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT06955000, who can take part
- Record updated
- 2 May 2025