Oxygen not always needed for exercise in lung disease?
NCT ID NCT06385301
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether people with chronic lung disease who experience drops in oxygen during exercise can walk just as far without extra oxygen as with it. Forty patients completed a 6-minute walk test twice: once breathing normal air and once with low-flow oxygen. The goal was to see if skipping oxygen is a reasonable option for daily activities.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- supplemental oxygen therapy (low-flow nasal oxygen)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that patients with chronic lung disease can exercise safely without extra oxygen, simplifying their daily routine.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with only 40 participants. The results may not apply to all lung disease patients, and the oxygen dose was fixed at 3 L/min.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University Hospital Zürich
Zurich, Canton of Zurich, 8091, Switzerland
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