Smart cycling could boost immunity and quality of life for COPD patients
NCT ID NCT06168266
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a smart eccentric cycling exercise for 170 people with COPD. The goal is to see if this type of training improves heart and lung fitness, immune function, and quality of life better than standard care. Participants must have been in pulmonary rehab for at least 3 months and have a doctor's approval.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- eccentric cycling exercise
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new exercise strategy to help COPD patients breathe easier, move better, and have a better quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage study with no phase, so results are uncertain. The exercise may not provide significant benefits over standard care, and some patients may find it too strenuous.
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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 170 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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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20 to 80 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: * Having undergone pulmonary rehabilitation for more than 3 months * Sign the written informed consent form * FEV1/FVC \< 0.70 * Approval for exercise training granted by a specialist physician's assessment * Specialist physician's approval for exercise training Exclusion Criteria: * Existing of tracheostomy * Those who use oxygen therapy or ventilator at home * Severe heart failure (NYHA III-IV) * Neuromuscular disease * Acute exacerbation within the past three months * Those who are unable to cooperate with the cardiopulmonary exercise test * Taking anticoagulant medications * Other conditions restricting exercise for over a year * Recent or planned significant cardiovascular surgery or intervention * Current or planned pregnancy within the next year * Planned heart transplant within the next six months * Heart failure due to uncorrectable valvular heart disease, congenital heart disease or obstructive cardiomyopathy * Inadequate ICD settings for exercise heart rate * Other exercise contraindications: unstable angina, uncontrolled blood pressure, orthostatic hypotension with symptoms, severe aortic stenosis, acute discomfort or fever, uncontrolled arrhythmias, uncompensated heart failure, acute pericarditis or myocarditis, recent thrombosis or thrombophlebitis, resting ST-segment deviation, uncontrolled diabetes, etc.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Fu Jen Catholic University Hospital, Fu Jen Catholic University
RECRUITINGNew Taipei City, 24352, Taiwan
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