Breathing new life: rehab program aims to ease lingering symptoms after blood clots in lungs

NCT ID NCT05015153

Recruiting now Symptom relief Sponsor: University Hospital, Brest Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether a 3-month pulmonary rehabilitation program (20 sessions of exercise and education) can improve quality of life and reduce breathlessness in people who have had a pulmonary embolism. Researchers will enroll 112 adults who still have symptoms at least 3 months after starting blood thinners. The goal is to see if this approach, already used for other lung diseases, can help patients feel better and breathe easier.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: pulmonary rehabilitation (exercise and education program)
What this could lead to: If it works, this could establish pulmonary rehabilitation as a standard treatment to improve quality of life and reduce breathlessness after a pulmonary embolism.
What could go wrong: This is a relatively small, early-stage trial with 112 participants. The benefits seen in previous small studies may not hold up, and the program requires significant time commitment from patients.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Dyspnea pulmonary embolism

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

PULMONARY EMBOLISM QUALITY OF LIFE AND DYSPNEA

Contacts and locations

Locations

CHBS Lorient
RECRUITING

Lorient, 56100, France
CHU Angers
RECRUITING

Angers, 49100, France
CHU Brest
RECRUITING

Brest, France, 29609, France
CHU Saint-Etienne
RECRUITING

Saint-Etienne, 42055, France
CHU de Grenoble
RECRUITING

Grenoble, 38048, France
Hegp (Ap-Hp)
RECRUITING

Paris, 75015, France

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