Trials / Active Not Recruiting
Active Not RecruitingNCT05732571
Post COVID-19 REspiratory Mechanisms and the Efficacy of a Breathing Exercise Intervention for DYsregulated Breathing
Post COVID REspiratory Mechanisms and the Efficacy of a Breathing Exercise Intervention for DYsregulated Breathing (REMEDY): COVID-19
- Status
- Active Not Recruiting
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 40 (actual)
- Sponsor
- University of Nottingham · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years – 80 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
A pilot Study To investigate the efficacy of a breathing intervention for improving persistent breathlessness due to dysregulated breathing following COVID-19 when compared to usual care.
Detailed description
Pilot RCT for upto 60 subjects across 2 arms Intervention A 12 session/six week, twice a week online group-based intervention based on breathing techniques including yoga practice directed by a specialist. Each group will aim for between 3- 6 participants. Each online session will be circa 40-50 minutes in length. This will include an Introduction and warm up; Breathing practice including yogic breathing and a final cool down and relaxation. Sessions will run at set times to ensure efficient use of resources but will try to accommodate different time points periods of the day when patients might be functioning best. Comparator A six week non-intervention (usual care) period will be recruited to, allowing a comparison to the intervention. Primary co-outcomes Change in * Breathlessness: Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire-Dyspnoea domain (CRQ-D) * Functional measure: 5 repetition chair to stand (5RCTS) Secondary measures include other measures of breathlessness, function, adherence and completion (see full text for detail).
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Breathing techniques over 12 sessions / 6 weeks inc yoga | as above |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2023-02-10
- Primary completion
- 2024-07-15
- Completion
- 2024-07-30
- First posted
- 2023-02-17
- Last updated
- 2024-06-21
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT05732571. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.