Effect of Educational Intervention in Patients With Low-Risk Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

VA Midwest Health Care Network

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

Treatments: Behavioral: Educational brochures

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT00932711

4140-B

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if educational intervention is effective in reducing exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in patients with low-risk disease.

Full description

There is growing evidence about the effectiveness of case management in preventing adverse events in patients with high-risk chronic obstructive pulmonary disease(COPD). But the majority of COPD patients belong to the low-risk category. We propose that a less intense educational intervention will have a similar beneficial effect in reducing hospital admissions and emergency department (ED) visits in this larger group of low-risk COPD patients.

Enrollment: 4,000 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria: Spirometrically confirmed COPD in VISN23 registry. FEV1/FVC <70%.

Exclusion Criteria:Hospital admissions or ED visits in the VISN23 disease registry for COPD within last one year

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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4,000 participants in 1 patient group

Educational intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects in this group will receive educational brochures about management of COPD

Treatment:

Behavioral: Educational brochures