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Sneakers could be a simple fix for COPD breathing trouble

NCT ID NCT07445750

Symptom relief Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study looks at whether special 'active' sports shoes can help people with severe COPD walk farther during a 6-minute walk test. About 75 adults with advanced COPD will try both the special shoes and their usual shoes, and researchers will compare how far they walk and how breathless they feel. If the shoes help, it could be a simple, low-cost way to improve daily life for many patients.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

About 75 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Expected to start

Apr 2026

An estimate. Start dates often move.

Expected to finish

Apr 2027

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Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: * Age 18 or older * Diagnosed with COPD according to standard criteria * Severe to very severe airflow obstruction (FEV₁ \< 50% predicted, within 12 months) * Dyspnoea grade 3 or 4 on the mMRC scale * Currently hospitalised in the respiratory rehabilitation unit * Clinical indication for six-minute walk test * Provided written informed consent Non inlcusion Criteria: * Any respiratory condition other than COPD * Neurological, neuromuscular, orthopaedic or rheumatological conditions affecting gait or balance * Uncorrected visual or hearing impairment * Cognitive or psychiatric disorders interfering with instructions * Contraindications to exercise testing (e.g. unstable angina, recent myocardial infarction, severe uncontrolled hypertension, resting HR \>120 bpm) * Pregnancy or breastfeeding * Inability to understand French * No health insurance coverage * Under legal protection (e.g. guardianship) * Participation in another interventional or randomised clinical trial * Habitual use of active sports shoes

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Dyspnea

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Dyspnoea Exercise intolerance

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Pitié Salpêtrière Hospital - Department of pneumology

    Paris, 75013, France

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