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Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Rural Patients With COPD

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Mayo Clinic
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorMayo Clinic
Started2025-04-01
Est. completion2029-08-31
Eligibility
Age40 Years+
Healthy vol.Accepted
Locations2 sites
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NCT06847061

Summary

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.

Eligibility

Age: 40 Years+Healthy volunteers accepted
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.

Conditions2

COPDChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Locations2 sites

Arizona

1 site
Mayo Clinic in Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona, 85259
Roberto P Benzo, M.D.

Minnesota

1 site
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905
Teng Moua, M.D.

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