Simple walk test could forecast lung transplant need in cystic fibrosis
NCT ID NCT02538575
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether a simple 6-minute walk test can help predict how long cystic fibrosis patients will survive without needing a lung transplant. Researchers followed 291 adults with advanced cystic fibrosis, measuring how far they walked and their oxygen levels. The goal is to see if this easy test can give doctors a better idea of when a transplant might be needed.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help doctors better predict disease progression and timing for lung transplants in cystic fibrosis patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It may not change patient outcomes directly, and results may not apply to all patients.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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291 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2016
- Finished
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Sep 2020
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patient with Cystic Fibrosis (bronchiectasis with presence of two mutations in the CFTR gene and / or positive sweat test. * Patients aged 18 year or older. * Pre-bronchodilator FEV1 FEV1 ≤ 60% from theoretical value: this FEV1 limits is proposed following the results from our published study (Martin et al. 2013) showing that desaturation during 6MWT and a distance ≤ 475m performed, are almost exclusively found in patients with FEV1 ≤ 60% . * Stable health status ( \>15 days after the start of treatment of a respiratory exacerbation * No indications against the walking test: Left uncontrolled heart failure Severe aortic stenosis acute endocarditis syncope Symptomatic severe arrhythmia stable angina Myocardial infarction \<5 days Acute respiratory distress Resting SpO2≤85% pulmonary edema Uncontrolled asthma Arterial or venous thrombosis of the lower limbs, Severe acute condition that may interfere with the exercise performance (infections, renal failure, hyperthyroidism, unable to cooperate, severe pulmonary arterial hypertension, severe systemic blood pressure (Systolic blood pressure \>200 mm Hg and / or diastolic blood pressure \>120 mm Hg)) Exclusion Criteria: * History of lung transplant * Oxygen Dependence (inability to achieve a 6-minute walk test in ambient air) * Any indication against walk test * Pregnant women, persons deprived of liberty, person under guardianship, person in emergency situation * Person not affiliated to social security system * Refusal to participate in the study
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Cochin, service de pneumologie
Paris, Paris, 75014, France
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