New online program helps COPD patients stay active after rehab
NCT ID NCT05006560
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a 12-week internet-based aftercare program for people with COPD, starting right after they finished inpatient pulmonary rehabilitation. The program included activity tracking, online exercise training, educational modules, and therapist support via phone. Researchers wanted to see if patients and therapists found the program acceptable and practical.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- internet-based rehabilitation aftercare program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could offer a convenient way for COPD patients to stay active and manage their condition after rehab.
- What could go wrong
- This was a small, early-stage study with only 48 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The program requires internet and smartphone access, which may limit who can use it.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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48 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2021
- Finished
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Sep 2023
- 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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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * Main diagnosis for the Pulmonary Rehabilitation is an International Classification of Diseases-Code J44.- (Other chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) at all 2011 Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) classifications A-D and stages 1-4. * Internet access at home * owning a smartphone with the operating system Android or iOS * basic computer and internet skills (e. g. using web browser) * ability to operate a smartphone (especially to install mobile applications) * ability to read, write and comprehend as well as communicate electronically Exclusion Criteria: * severe concomitant disease, which will affect the ability to be physically active more than COPD for example, cancer or severe cardiac, neurological, orthopaedic or metabolic comorbidities) * cognitive impairment that hampers study implementation * Lack of ability to speak German
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Klinik Bad Reichenhall der Deutschen Rentenversicherung Bayern Süd
Bad Reichenhall, Germany
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