NCT07750821Recruiting
Balance Training Following Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Balance in People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
A Pilot Feasibility, Multi-centre, Randomised Controlled Trial of Balance Training Following Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Balance in People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study aims to see if a co-designed balance training programme called Sport4Steadiness (S4S), is acceptable to people with COPD and if the study procedures, including recruitment and the collection of outcomes, is feasible.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 77 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 28 Jul 2026
- Start date
- 27 Jan 2026
- Primary completion date
- 1 May 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Samantha Harrison
- Diseases
- COPD
- NCT number
- NCT07750821
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 77
- From 27 Jan 2026 to the primary completion date, 1 May 2027
- 3 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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Other
- Any neurological, musculoskeletal, chronic pain or other diagnoses that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with the ability of the participant to safely complete PR and balance training
- Unable to comprehend instruction given verbally in English language
- Where there is concern that the primary cause of balance issues could be due to problems with visual function, vestibular disturbance or peripheral neuropathy
- Diagnosis of, or patient-reported symptoms of, vasovagal syncope
Who the study is looking for
- Adults with spirometry confirmed diagnosis of COPD as per GOLD guidelines (FEV1/FVC ratio below 0.7) or physician confirmed COPD diagnosis
- Answers yes to one or more of the Three Key Questions\* or Timed up and Go Test result \> 11 seconds
- An ability and capacity to provide consent to the trial
- Q1. Have you fallen in the past year? Q2. Do you feel unsteady when standing or walking? Q3. Do you have worries about falling?
Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (3)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teesside University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Middlesbrough | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| South Tees Hospital Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Northallerton | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
| North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stockton-on-Tees | United Kingdom | Recruiting |
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