Inspiratory Muscle Training During Pulmonary Rehabilitation in COPD (EMI II)

Regional University Hospital Center (CHRU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Treatments: Other: Inspiratory muscle training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02074813

EMI II (RB 13.124)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Demonstrate that IMT associated with a conventional pulmonary rehabilitation program allows a significant improvement of dyspnea in subjects with severe or very severe COPD than a conventional pulmonary rehabilitation program alone.

Enrollment: 150 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with COPD stage 3 or 4
• Hospitalized in the pulmonary rehabilitation unit in the hospital of Morlaix, with a 3 weeks pulmonary rehabilitation course;

Exclusion criteria

• FEV ≥ 50%
• Pneumonectomy, Lobectomy less than 6 months
• Patient with risk of spontaneous pneumothorax or rib fracture

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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150 participants in 2 patient groups

Standard

No Intervention group

Description:

conventional pulmonary rehabilitation

Inspiratory muscle training

Experimental group

Description:

Inspiratory muscle training associated with a conventional pulmonary rehabilitation

Treatment:

Other: Inspiratory muscle training