New study aims to ease emotional burdens of COPD patients
NCT ID NCT06600126
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a 12-week Coping Skills Training program can reduce depression and anxiety in 750 people with COPD, especially those facing health disparities like low income or rural living. Participants attend weekly sessions and complete surveys. The program is compared to a standard COPD education group to see which works better.
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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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About 750 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
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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: Patients * Be at least 18 years of age * Have a documented diagnosis of COPD and confirmation of obstructive lung disease by spirometry (American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society guidelines) or radiology (imaging report indicating emphysematous changes) * Score greater than or equal to 8 during baseline screening using the PHQ-8 * Identify an adult caregiver to participate with them * Have the ability to access a telephone or videoconferencing call up to once weekly (for approximately 30 minutes) for 12 sessions of the study intervention * Spoken proficiency in Spanish and/or English Caregivers * Be at least 18 years of age * Have the ability to access a telephone or videoconferencing call up to once weekly (for approximately 30 minutes) for 12 weeks Exclusion Criteria: Patients * Has significant dementia or cognitive impairment * Documentation in the EHR that the COPD diagnosis has not yet been disclosed to the patient * Is under the ongoing care of a licensed behavioral health clinician * Requires immediate referral to specialized behavioral health management Caregivers * Has significant dementia or cognitive impairment
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Henry Ford Health System
RECRUITINGDetroit, Michigan, 48202, United States
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University of Pennsylvania
RECRUITINGPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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