Effects of Supplementary Oxygen on Dyspnoea and Exercise Tolerance in COPD Patients Given LTOT

LHL Helse

Status: Completed

Conditions: COPD

Treatments: Drug: oxygen

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00249093

G25-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to evaluate effects of supplementary oxygen during exercise on dyspnoea and exercise tolerance in COPD-patients given long-time oxygen treatment

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• COPD patients (male/female)given long-term oxygen treatment
• Able to perform two separate walking tests

Exclusion criteria

• Severe heart failure

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind