BEAM COPD: Breathing, Education, Awareness and Movement in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Beth Israel Lahey Health

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Treatments: Behavioral: Mind-body breathing; Behavioral: Education; Behavioral: Tai chi

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01551953

2010P000412

R01AT005436 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main purpose of this study is to determine feasibility and effects of tai chi and mind-body breathing in patients with COPD.

Enrollment: 124 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Moderate-severe COPD
2. Age ≥ 40 years

Exclusion criteria

1. Subjects with respiratory failure or GOLD stage 4 who are unable to safely perform a 6 minute walk test or otherwise safely exercise as deemed by a physician.
2. COPD exacerbation requiring steroids, antibiotics, ED visit or hospitalization within the past 2 weeks unless physician deems subject at baseline
3. Planned major pulmonary intervention within the next 3 months
4. Hypoxemia on walk test or cardiopulmonary exercise test
5. Inability to ambulate due to vascular or other neuromuscular conditions that would preclude a walk test
6. Clinical signs of unstable cardiovascular disease
7. Severe cognitive dysfunction
8. Non-English speaking
9. Current active participation in pulmonary rehabilitation program or current regular practice of tai chi
10. Physician diagnosis of unstable/untreated clinical depression
11. History of lung cancer

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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124 participants in 3 patient groups

tai chi exercise

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Tai chi

mind-body breathing

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mind-body breathing

education

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Education