Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Rural Patients With COPD
Decreasing Disparity in Lung Disease: Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Rural Patients With COPD
Who can join
As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.
- Age
- 40 Years and older
- Sex
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Compensation
- Not stated
Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.
What to expect
No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.
What participation involves
Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.
- Compensation
- Not stated
- Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
- Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
- Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
- Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.
About this study
In plain language
This study tests pulmonary rehabilitation, a treatment to help people with COPD, a long-term lung disease. It is for adults age 40 or older with COPD who live in rural areas where this treatment is not provided. The study looks at how many people use it, how well it works, and the experiences of patients, caregivers, and health care providers.
The purpose of this study is to test the uptake, effectiveness, and patient-caregiver-provider experience of a crucial treatment not provided in rural areas: pulmonary rehabilitation.
Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.
Eligibility
Who can join
- You are age 40 or older.
- A doctor has diagnosed you with COPD.
- You live in a rural area with a Rural-Urban Commuting Area code of 4–10.
- You have some shortness of breath, with a score of 1 or higher on the mMRC breathlessness scale.
- You speak English.
Who can't join
- You cannot walk because of a bone, joint, nerve, brain, or heart problem.
- You have problems with thinking or memory, or cannot understand and follow instructions.
- You have no COPD symptoms or shortness of breath, with an mMRC score of 0.
- You finished pulmonary rehabilitation at a treatment center within 3 months before study recruitment.
- You are moving to hospice or end-of-life care when checked for the study.
- You have a sudden flare-up of COPD symptoms when checked for the study.
Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.
Official eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria * 40 years of age or older * Physician-diagnosed COPD * Living in a rural area defined by Rural-Urban Commuting Area Codes 4-10 * mMRC score\>=1 * English Speaking Exclusion Criteria * Inability to walk (orthopedic/neurologic/cardiac limitation causing immobility) * Cognitive impairment or inability to understand and follow instructions. * Patients with no COPD symptom burden, no breathlessness (mMRC score 0), as based on our previous studies they usually perceive no benefit from PR and do not have compliance with PR. * Traditional center-based PR was completed within 3 months of initial study recruitment. * Transition to hospice or end-of-life care at the time of screening. * Acute exacerbation at the time of screening.
Study sites (2)
AZ
- Mayo Clinic in Arizona · Scottsdale, AZ 85259Roberto P Benzo, M.D. · Study contactRoberto P Benzo · Principal investigatorMore trials in Scottsdale
MN
- Mayo Clinic in Rochester · Rochester, MN 55905Teng Moua, M.D. · Study contactTeng Moua, M.D. · Principal investigatorMore trials in Rochester