Tests a virtual coaching program for people with COPD lung disease
Tests a virtual self-management coaching program with a companion app for adults with COPD.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: My Lung Health Coach-A Virtual COPD Self-management Support Program Integrated Into the Electronic Patient Record
Key facts
- Where
- Toronto, CanadaSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 40 and 100 years old?
Source: NCT07027852, who can take part
Where in Canada
- Womens College HospitalToronto, CanadaTaking people
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?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Women's College Hospital
- Trial code
- NCT07027852
- Record updated
- 19 June 2025
- Original description
Study Description: My Lung Health Coach (MLHC) is a virtual COPD education and self-management support program delivered through one-on-one sessions with a Certified Respiratory Educator (CRE) over 12 weeks. It includes six sessions that cover essential COPD topics such as: Basic COPD knowledge, Smoking cessation, Medications (inhalers, oxygen), Physical activity, Mental health and wellness, Vaccinations, Symptom self-management, Nutrition, Travel, and Long-term planning (including end-of-life care). The investigators have also developed a companion app to MLHC integrated into the electronic patient record that patients can access through their EPIC MyHealth app on the participants phones, tablets, or desktops. This study will evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of MLHC and the companion app.Read full original descriptionShow less
My Lung Health Coach-A Virtual COPD Self-management Support Program Integrated Into the Electronic Patient Record
Study Description: My Lung Health Coach (MLHC) is a virtual COPD education and self-management support program delivered through one-on-one sessions with a Certified Respiratory Educator (CRE) over 12 weeks. It includes six sessions that cover essential COPD topics such as: Basic COPD knowledge, Smoking cessation, Medications (inhalers, oxygen), Physical activity, Mental health and wellness, Vaccinations, Symptom self-management, Nutrition, Travel, and Long-term planning (including end-of-life care). The investigators have also developed a companion app to MLHC integrated into the electronic patient record that patients can access through their EPIC MyHealth app on the participants phones, tablets, or desktops. This study will evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of MLHC and the companion app.
Inclusion: Must be deemed to have capacity to provide informed consent; Must sign and date the informed consent form; Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures; Be diagnosed with COPD as per a WCH Respirologist; Be 40 years or older; Be a current or ex-smoker; Preferred but not required: have a history of at least 1 COPD exacerbation (requiring prednisone or antibiotic use, or an urgent healthcare visit of any kind) in the previous 12 months.
Exclusion: Experienced a COPD exacerbation in the 4 previous weeks to study enrollment; Significant co-morbidities that could interfere with program participation or terminal illness; Co-diagnosis of asthma by a WCH Respirologist; Unwilling to download and use the Epic Care Companion app and has a unsuitable mobile device to do this; Pregnancy.