New counseling aims to ease emotional toll of COPD attacks
NCT ID NCT07351929
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new counseling program designed to help people with COPD cope with emotional distress during a sudden worsening of their condition. Twenty adults hospitalized for a COPD flare-up will receive ten counseling sessions with a specialized nurse over three months. The goal is to see if this approach is practical and helpful for 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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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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
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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 with a confirmed diagnosis of COPD (GOLD 1-4) * Hospitalisation due to a COPD exacerbation and decision to start with steroids and/or antibiotics (severe exacerbation) * Age ≥ 18 * Inpatient on the pneumology or medical ward Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive impairment (dementia, delirium) (DOS\>3 or AES\>6 or Mini-Cog\<3) * Unstable psychiatric disorders * Not speaking German * Lung transplant * Pneumonia caused by chronic colonization by bacteria (Legionella, nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)) * Unable to telephone
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Conditions
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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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