Can exercise and education improve breathing for Oxygen-Dependent patients?
NCT ID NCT04441151
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at whether a pulmonary rehabilitation program—including exercise training, education, and behavior changes—can help patients who need high flow oxygen therapy. Researchers will measure muscle strength, breathing, and daily living skills in 70 participants. The goal is to see if this approach improves recovery and quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- pulmonary rehabilitation therapy (exercise training, education, and behavioral changes)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that a structured rehab program helps people on high flow oxygen get stronger and breathe easier.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 70 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The intervention is behavioral, so benefits may vary.
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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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About 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2026
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 to 100 years
- 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: * The age is ≥ 18 years old; * the hemodynamics is stable; * 50 \< heart rate \< 120 beats / min ; * 90 \< systolic blood pressure \< 200mmHg ; * 55 \< mean arterial pressure \< 120mmHg; * do not increase the dose of pressor drugs for at least 2 hours; * intracranial pressure is stable and there are no seizures within 24 hours; * the respiratory state is stable; * the patient's finger pulse oxygen saturation ≥ 88%; * 10 \< respiratory frequency \< 35 beats / min. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy; * acute cardio-cerebrovascular events; * spinal or limb fractures; * active bleeding.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Chinese PLAGH Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, China
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