Lung patients may soon do rehab from home via app
NCT ID NCT07666841
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a 12-week tele-pulmonary rehabilitation program, done at home via an app with a physiotherapist, helps people with chronic lung diseases start and stick with rehab better than going to a center. 90 patients will be randomly assigned to either remote rehab or standard center-based care. The goal is to see if remote rehab improves adherence, quality of life, and safety.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Tele-pulmonary rehabilitation program (supervised exercise and remote monitoring via app)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a convenient, home-based option for lung rehab, helping more patients stick with treatment and improve their daily lives.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (90 participants) comparing remote to center-based rehab. It may not show clear benefits, and remote monitoring might miss some safety issues.
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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 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jul 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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 years and older
- 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: 1. Patients meeting the Israeli Health Basket criteria for reimbursement of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR), including one of the following conditions: * COPD with an FEV1 below 50% or with severe exacerbation (hospitalization) in the previous year or two moderate exacerbations in the previous year. * Interstitial lung disease with an FVC below 80% or a DLCO below 60%. * Bronchiectasis with at least two exacerbations in the past year or at least one hospitalization, and an FEV1 below 80%. * Pulmonary arterial hypertension. 2. Willingness to initiate a PR or Tele-PR (TPR) programs. 3. Ability to perform the TPR program or traditional PR activities as assessed by a member of the study team prior to enrollment. 4. Agree to participate, with signed informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Uncontrolled comorbidity (e.g uncontrolled congestive heart failure) 2. Inability to operate the mobile application. 3. Without a mobile device or computer. 4. A hospitalization in the 2-months prior to randomization. 5. Completed PR program in the last 12 months. 6. Inability to complete 10 repetitions in the 1-minute sit-to-stand test or 5-second single-leg stance 7. Pregnancy 8. Inability to provide informed consent due to impaired decision-making capacity, as determined by the study's capacity assessment.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Barzilai Medical Center
Ashkelon, Israel
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Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Tel Aviv, 6423906, Israel
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