Effect of Oxygen Supplementation During Exercise in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Patients

LHL Helse

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; Hypoxia

Treatments: Drug: Oxygen

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02108925

2013/2396

Details and patient eligibility

About

The project will test the hypothesis that lung ventilation during exercise is unaffected by oxygen supplementation. In addition, the acute effect of oxygen supplementation on dyspnoea, heart rate and blood pressure will be studied.

Enrollment: 16 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 95 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Exclusion criteria

• No exacerbation
• No active heart disease

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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16 participants in 1 patient group

Supplementary oxygen

Experimental group

Description:

Study subjects receive, in randomized order, either supplementary 30% oxygen or air (21% Oxygen) from a gas tight bag

Treatment:

Drug: Oxygen