NCT03396172

FreeDom: Innovative Strategy for the Management of COPD Exacerbations

FreeDom : Innovative Strategy for the Management of COPD Exacerbations Combining Early Hospitalisation Discharge, Automated Oxygen Weaning at Home, Telemedicine and Tele-rehabilitation

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 100 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Laval University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The main objective of the study is to assess the "FreeDom" innovative strategy (FreeO2 at Domicile) to reduce hospitalization duration in patients with COPD exacerbation. This strategy associates early hospital discharge, automated O2 flow weaning with FreeO2 system, telemedicine and tele-rehabilitation. The main hypothesis of this study is that the FreeDom strategy will reduce the number of hospitalization day by 50 percent at day 30.

Detailed description

The main objective of the study is to assess the "FreeDom" innovative strategy (FreeO2 at Domicile) to reduce hospitalization duration in patients with COPD exacerbation. This strategy will enable an early return home, patients using an innovative device that automatically adjusts and wean the oxygen flow (FreeO2 system) coupled to telemedicine and tele-rehabilitation. The main hypothesis of this study is that a strategy for an early return home with a home hospitalization managed by telemedicine will reduce the length of hospitalization by 50 percent from 30 days.

Conditions

• Oxygen Deficiency
• COPD Exacerbation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Control	The hospitalization will take place in the usual setting and the hospital discharge will be decided by pulmonologists according to the usual criteria
DEVICE	FreeDom	Early return home, patients using an innovative device that automatically adjusts and wean the oxygen flow (FreeO2 system) coupled to telemedicine and tele-rehabilitation

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-05-24
• Primary completion: 2025-06-01
• Completion: 2025-12-01
• First posted: 2018-01-10
• Last updated: 2024-06-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada