Tele-Rehab after ventilator: a new way to boost recovery?
NCT ID NCT06343545
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study tested whether a telemedicine-based program could improve quality of life for adults who needed a breathing machine (ventilator) due to acute respiratory failure. The program included rehabilitation strategies during the ICU stay, hospital ward, and for two months after leaving the hospital. Researchers measured quality of life 90 days after discharge in 1,916 participants.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- telemedicine-based rehabilitation program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a structured telemedicine program improves quality of life and recovery for patients after a serious respiratory illness requiring a ventilator.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed trial, but results are not yet published. The intervention is complex and may not be easy to implement widely, and benefits may vary by patient.
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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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1,916 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- 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 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. Aged ≥18 years 2. Admission to the ICU with hypoxemic acute respiratory failure in whom SARS-CoV-2 infection is part of the differential diagnosis will be enrolled. This does not imply that COVID-19 is the primary suspected cause, but rather that it is considered at least a possible (though not necessarily probable) diagnosis at the time of ICU admission. 3. Need for invasive mechanical ventilation. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Severe underlying disease with a life expectancy of less than 3 months; 2. Absence of a responsible family member for cases of patients with communication difficulties (aphasia, severe cognitive impairment, non-native speakers of Portuguese); 3. Absence of telephone contact; 4. Participants already included in the study; 5. Unavailability to carry out telephone follow-ups.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centro De Pesquisa Em Medicina Tropical - CEPEM
Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil
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Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado
Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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Hospital Estadual Dirceu Arcoverde
Parnaíba, Piauí, Brazil
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Hospital Estadual de Doenças Tropicais Dr. Anuar Auad
Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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Hospital Geral de Roraima - HGR
Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil
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Hospital Geral de Vitória da Conquista
Vitória da Conquista, Estado de Bahia, Brazil
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Hospital Geral e Maternidade Tereza Ramos
Lages, Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Hospital Municipal Aparecida de Goiania - HMAP
Aparecida de Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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Hospital Municipal Pedro I
Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
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Hospital Municipal Ronaldo Gazolla
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Hospital Municipal de Salvador
Salvador, Estado de Bahia, Brazil
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Hospital Regional Norte - HRN
Sobral, Ceará, Brazil
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Hospital Regional de Augustinópolis
Augustinópolis, Tocantins, Brazil
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Hospital Regional de Samambaia
Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
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Hospital São Sebastião Martir
Venâncio Aires, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Hospital Universitário - Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
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Hospital de Emergência Dr. Daniel Houly
Arapiraca, Alagoas, Brazil
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Hospital de Messejana Dr. Carlos Alberto Studart Gomes (HM)
Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
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Instituto de Medicina Integral "Prof. Fernando Figueira" - IMIP
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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