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Sports-Inspired balance training could help COPD patients avoid falls

NCT ID NCT07750821

Symptom relief Sponsor: Samantha Harrison Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Aug 06, 2026 · Last updated Aug 14, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This trial tests whether a group balance training program called Sport4Steadiness (S4S) is acceptable and feasible for people with COPD who have balance problems or fear of falling. The program adapts sports and games into fun balance exercises, held twice a week for six weeks. Researchers will measure recruitment, adherence, and whether participants are willing to be randomized, to see if a larger study is possible.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Sport4Steadiness (S4S), a group exercise-based balance training program adapted from sports and games, delivered twice weekly for 6 weeks.
What this could lead to
If successful, this could lead to a larger trial testing whether a fun, social balance program can reduce falls and improve quality of life in people with COPD.
What could go wrong
This is a small pilot study focused on feasibility, not effectiveness. The program may not be acceptable to all participants, and any balance benefits might not translate into fewer falls.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

About 77 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Jan 2026

Expected to finish

May 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Adults with spirometry confirmed diagnosis of COPD as per GOLD guidelines (FEV1/FVC ratio below 0.7) or physician confirmed COPD diagnosis 2. Answers yes to one or more of the Three Key Questions\* or Timed up and Go Test result \> 11 seconds 3. An ability and capacity to provide consent to the trial * Q1. Have you fallen in the past year? Q2. Do you feel unsteady when standing or walking? Q3. Do you have worries about falling? Exclusion Criteria: 1. Any neurological, musculoskeletal, chronic pain or other diagnoses that, in the opinion of the investigator, would interfere with the ability of the participant to safely complete PR and balance training 2. Unable to comprehend instruction given verbally in English language 3. Where there is concern that the primary cause of balance issues could be due to problems with visual function, vestibular disturbance or peripheral neuropathy 4. Diagnosis of, or patient-reported symptoms of, vasovagal syncope

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease COPD, severe early onset

As listed by the trial registrant

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

Balance exercise Balance training COPD COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) Falls, intervention Pulmonary rehabilitation

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

    3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.

  2. The official record

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust

    RECRUITING

    Stockton-on-Tees, TS198PE, United Kingdom

  • South Tees Hospital Trust

    RECRUITING

    Northallerton, DL6 1JG, United Kingdom

  • Teesside University

    RECRUITING

    Middlesbrough, TS1 3BX, United Kingdom

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