Predicting Oxygen Desaturation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients

Villa Pineta Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: COPD

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01303913

VP03-2010

Details and patient eligibility

About

Oxygen desaturation (SO2 < 88-90%) during walking is a common clinical feature of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients. By a predicted analysis our study is aimed to evaluate anthropometric and functional characteristics of COPD patients correlated with oxygen desaturation during Six-minute walking test (6MWT).

Enrollment: 400 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• COPD patients
• Ability to perform 6MWT
• Normal oxygen saturation at rest and at the begin of 6MWT

Exclusion criteria

• No-COPD patients
• Chronic Respiratory Failure patients in Long-term oxygen therapy (LTOT)
• Any co-morbidities

Trial design

400 participants in 2 patient groups

Walking desaturation group

Description:

COPD patients that at the end of 6MWT have SO2 nadir \<88-90%

Walking No-desaturation group

Description:

COPD patients that at the end of 6MWT have SO2 nadir \>88-90%