NCT07262229

Self-management Digital Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in People Living With COPD

Self-management Digital Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in People Living With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Study Protocol

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Institut et Haute Ecole de la Santé la Source · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this pilot randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a theory-based self-management digital intervention (Respir'air BPCO) designed to promote physical activity in patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) after completion of a pulmonary rehabilitation program. The main question it aims to answer is: Is the Respir'air BPCO intervention (mobile app) feasible, acceptable, and preliminarily effective in increasing physical activity, enhancing self-management, improving motivation, and quality of life, while reducing dyspnea severity, exacerbations, and hospitalizations, compared with no additional intervention? Researchers will compare an experimental group (receiving the Respir'air BPCO intervention + usual care) to a control group (no additional intervention, only usual care) Participants will: Be assigned either to the control group, receiving no additional intervention beyond usual care (traditional pulmonologist follow-up), or to the experimental group, receiving access to the Respir'air BPCO mobile app in addition to usual care. * Complete baseline assessments immediately after finishing their in-person pulmonary rehabilitation program. * Complete follow-up assessments at 3 months and 6 months after the start of the intervention

Conditions

• COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
• Self-management
• E-health

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Respir'air BPCO	Self-management digital intervention (Respir'air BPCO) grounded in theory (Self-Care Theory of Chronic Illness, Self-Determination Theory of Human Motivation, and the Behavior Change Techniques taxonomy). The mobile application includes educational resources (text, video, images), examples of physical activities (walking, etc), environmental data (air quality), a personal activity log (daily steps), reminders and motivational messages.

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-01-01
• Primary completion: 2026-03-01
• Completion: 2026-09-01
• First posted: 2025-12-03
• Last updated: 2025-12-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Switzerland