NCT01884012

Effect of Long-term Oxygen Therapy on Exercise Capacity and Quality of Life in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial and Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Zurich · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years – 85 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this randomized-controlled, cross-over trial the investigators test the effect of long-term oxygen therapy (\> 16h/day) given for 5 weeks with a wash-out period between phases of 2 weeks on exercise performance and quality of life and many physiological parameters in patients with pulmonary arterial and chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.

Conditions

• Pulmonary Arterial and Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	long term oxygen therapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-05-01
• Primary completion: 2017-03-01
• Completion: 2017-03-01
• First posted: 2013-06-21
• Last updated: 2017-05-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland