NCT01101126

Disease Management in Asthma or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Patients

Disease Management Program for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases in Maccabi Health Services

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 492 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sheba Medical Center · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether disease management program is effective in preventing acute exacerbations in patients with unstable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma.

Detailed description

The aim of the present study is to test the efficacy of a comprehensive community disease management program in patients with unstable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma. The intervention is delivered by designated nurses and pulmonologists, in collaboration with the primary practitioners and other healthcare professionals at the community, in the Jerusalem and the Lowland District of Maccabi Health Services in Israel. The main purpose is to evaluate the effect of the intervention on the use acute care and emergency health services for acute exacerbation of the lung disease. Secondary objectives include the evaluation of the effect of the intervention on quality of life, physical function, pulmonary function test, depression and all-cause mortality.

Conditions

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Asthma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Pulmonary disease management	Comprehensive pulmonary care including patient education of self-care, coordination of care, monitoring of patient adherence, providing advice in acute exacerbations
OTHER	Usual care	Pulmonary disease is managed by the primary practitioner and a consultant pulmonologist

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-03-01
• Primary completion: 2013-03-01
• Completion: 2013-04-01
• First posted: 2010-04-09
• Last updated: 2015-01-21

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Israel