Remote lung rehabilitation for people with COPD after a hospital stay for a flare-up
Tests an online lung rehabilitation program in adults with COPD after hospitalization.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- North District Hospital
- Where
- Hong Kong, Hong KongSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- The Effectiveness of Tele-pulmonary Rehabilitation Program on People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) After Hospitalization for Acute Exacerbation
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 40 people, planned
- Started
- 1 Dec 2025
- Expected to end
- 31 Mar 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets no study treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Tele-pulmonary rehabilitation
- Record updated
- 13 August 2026
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 adults diagnosed with COPD who were in hospital for a flare-up and can take part in an online lung rehabilitation program.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- COPD diagnosed by a doctor. Any GOLD stage can join. A past spirometry test is not required.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Unstable medical conditions
- Major muscle, bone, nerve, mental health or thinking disorders
- Refusing to take part in the clinical study
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Clinically diagnosed chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (therefore, with or without confirmation by previous spirometry), no limitation on GOLD stage for participants with previous spirometry; AND
- Aged 18 or above, without limitation on sex, smoking history and medications using; AND
- Able to participate in the scheduled pulmonary rehabilitation program; AND
- Owning private electronic devices and Internet connection at
Who cannot take part
- With unstable medical conditions; OR
- With major musculo-skeletal, neurological, psychiatric or cognitive disorders; OR
- Refusal on clinical study
Where in Hong Kong
- North District HospitalHong Kong, Hong KongContact: Kim Chung MoTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Introduction: There are great impacts of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) over healthcare and economic systems globally. Managing COPD stably in community is still a challenging topic due to its progressive nature, it is valuable to be studied with a view to improving the health status and quality of life in people with COPD and thus relieving the healthcare and economic burdens. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) was proven to be cost-effective with clinical benefits in optimizing quality of life, physical conditions and reducing hospital re-admissions rate in people with COPD. Traditionally, PR training was conducted under professional supervision in a face-to-face format. Community-based PR, like tele-rehabilitation, centre-based and homebased rehabilitation are emerging as an effective alternative to traditional PR. Promoting community-based rehabilitation is possibly one of the ways to engage people with chronic diseases in selfmanagement at their doorstep, which will help to tackle the escalating aging population and their heavy burden to the public healthcare system in Hong Kong.
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Objectives: The objectives of this study are:
* To evaluate the clinical effectiveness of the newly developed tele-pulmonary rehabilitation program on people with COPD after hospitalized acute exacerbation, * To explore participants' experience towards the program and develop a deeper understanding about the enablers and barriers faced by participants in joining the - tele-pulmonary rehabilitation program for quality assessment and improvement Methodology: Quasi-experimental design will be adopted in quantitative study, participants will join an eight-session tele-PR program in the intervention group, and participants will join the control group when pending for traditional out-patient based PR program. Purposive sampling will be adopted, participants should be clinically diagnosed COPD, able to participate in scheduled PR program and able to listen, speak, read and understand Chinese. Four domains of outcome measures will be collected, including participant profile, physical health status, health-related quality of life and healthcare resources utilization, for evaluation. Qualitative study with phenomenological approach will be adopted to discover participants' experience in the service. Semistructured, individual face-to-face in-depth interviews will be conducted once participants complete the tele-pulmonary rehabilitation program. Significance: This study will provide solid evidence on the effectiveness of tele-pulmonary rehabilitation program for people with COPD after hospitalized for acute exacerbation.
The 2 groups in the trial
- InterventionTreatment being tested
Tele-pulmonary rehabilitation
Treatment: Tele-pulmonary rehabilitation
- ControlNo study treatment, for comparison
Usual care
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
- The Effectiveness of Tele-pulmonary Rehabilitation Program on People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) After Hospitalization for Acute Exacerbation
- Plain-language title
- Remote lung rehabilitation for people with COPD after a hospital stay for a flare-upGenerated 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.
- Record updated
- 13 August 2026