Gas Usage for Those With COPD Who Experience Low Oxygen Levels During Activities Only

West Park Healthcare Centre

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Treatments: Drug: oxygen

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00546299

8-42361

Details and patient eligibility

About

Several studies have described the use of supplemental oxygen during exertion or activities of daily living (ambulatory oxygen) in study populations that have different characteristics. This report, based on specialized randomized controlled trials, characterizes ambulatory gas usage among patients with COPD who experience low oxygen levels during activities.

Enrollment: 27 patients

Sex: All

Ages: Under 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of COPD
• dyspnea limiting daily activities
• desaturation less than or equal to 88% for 2 continuous minutes during a room air six-minute walk test

Exclusion criteria

• less than or equal to 18 years old
• those who met criteria for mortality reduction with long-term oxygen
• those who received oxygen for palliative care or isolated nocturnal hypoxemia
• those unable to complete the questionnaires or provide informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind