Home-based lung rehabilitation by video for people with chronic lung diseases
Compares remote lung rehabilitation with center-based rehabilitation in adults with chronic lung diseases.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Tele-Pulmonary Rehabilitation For Patients With Chronic Lung Diseases
Key facts
- Where
- Ashkelon and Tel Aviv, IsraelSee the 2 sites
Where in Israel
- Barzilai Medical CenterAshkelon, IsraelTaking people
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical CenterTel Aviv, IsraelTaking 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
- Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
- Trial code
- NCT07666841
- Record updated
- 24 September 2026
- Original description
Pulmonary rehabilitation is a key treatment for lung diseases, but many patients struggle to attend sessions due to travel distances, physical limitations, or logistical barriers. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a tele-pulmonary rehabilitation (TPR) program can improve the rates of treatment initiation and adherence among patients with chronic lung diseases compared to traditional, center-based pulmonary rehabilitation. Additionally, the study will assess improvements in quality of life, physical symptoms, and safety in both groups.Read full original descriptionShow less
Tele-Pulmonary Rehabilitation to Improve Adherence and Management of Patients With Chronic Lung Diseases
Pulmonary rehabilitation is a key treatment for lung diseases, but many patients struggle to attend sessions due to travel distances, physical limitations, or logistical barriers. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a tele-pulmonary rehabilitation (TPR) program can improve the rates of treatment initiation and adherence among patients with chronic lung diseases compared to traditional, center-based pulmonary rehabilitation. Additionally, the study will assess improvements in quality of life, physical symptoms, and safety in both groups.
This study will enroll 90 patients from two medical centers in Israel (Tel Aviv and Barzilai). Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups:
1. The control group will receive usual care with a referral by a pulmonologist to standard pulmonary rehabilitation at a medical center. 2. The intervention group will participate in a supervised remote tele-rehabilitation program using a dedicated application and remote monitoring.
Inclusion: Patients meeting the Israeli Health Basket criteria for reimbursement of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), including one of the following conditions:; COPD with an FEV1 below 50% or with severe exacerbation (hospitalization) in the previous year or two moderate exacerbations in the previous year; Interstitial lung disease with an FVC below 80% or a DLCO below 60%; Bronchiectasis with at least two exacerbations in the past year or at least one hospitalization, and an FEV1 below 80%; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Willingness to initiate a PR or Tele-PR (TPR) programs; Ability to perform the TPR program or traditional PR activities as assessed by a member of the study team prior to enrollment; Agree to participate, with signed informed consent.
Exclusion: A hospitalization in the 2-months prior to randomization; Uncontrolled comorbidity (e.g uncontrolled congestive heart failure); Inability to operate the mobile application; Without a mobile device or computer; Completed PR program in the last 12 months; Inability to complete 10 repetitions in the 1-minute sit-to-stand test or 5-second single-leg stance; Pregnancy; Inability to provide informed consent due to impaired decision-making capacity, as determined by the study's capacity assessment.