New Neck-Worn device could ease COPD breathlessness in veterans
NCT ID NCT07404826
First seen Feb 19, 2026
Summary
This study tests a small, portable device called PEP Buddy that Veterans with COPD wear around their neck to help control breathlessness. Researchers will compare it to a sham device that looks the same but only provides the pressure of normal pursed-lip breathing. The goal is to see if the real device helps symptoms and exercise capacity improve faster during pulmonary rehabilitation and last longer after rehab ends.
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Locations
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Cincinnati VA Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45220-2213, United States
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Louis Stokes VA Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland, Ohio, 44106-1702, United States
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What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
Active substance
PEP Buddy (a portable device worn around the neck that provides positive expiratory pressure to ease breathing)
What this could lead to
If it works, this device could help people with COPD breathe easier and get more out of pulmonary rehabilitation, with benefits lasting longer after rehab ends.
What could go wrong
This is an early-stage trial with only 120 participants, and the sham device also provides some benefit from standard pursed-lip breathing, so the real device may not show a clear advantage.
Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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