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NCT03655028 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA

Increasing Physical Activity in COPD Through Rhythmically Enhanced Music

A NA study of COPD Patients and Patients Recovering From COVID19, sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development.

Completed
Registry status
NA
Development phase
93
Enrollment target
1
Study location

NCT03655028: Completed NA study of COPD Patients and Patients Recovering From COVID19, sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development.

NCT03655028 is a NA study of COPD Patients and Patients Recovering From COVID19 that has completed, run by VA Office of Research and Development. The registered enrollment target is 93 participants, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (93% lower). The trial reports 1 study location across 1 state. According to ClinicalTrials.gov, the official US trial registry.

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The verdict

NCT03655028, a NA study of COPD Patients and Patients Recovering From COVID19, has completed, sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development.

COMPLETED
Registry status
NA
Development phase
93 participants
Enrollment target
1
Study location

Study Summary

The VA cares for nearly one million Veterans with COPD at a cost of more than $5.5 billion annually. COPD profoundly impairs quality of life as it limits ability to work, to maintain physical exertion and to engage in social activities. Hospital-based rehab can decrease the need for inpatient and outpatient medical care and can improve exercise capacity, quality of life and, possibly, decrease mortality. Unfortunately, access to hospital-based VA rehab is insufficient and, over time, the few Veterans who attend experience progressive loss of functional gains. The investigators reason that the proposed home-based exercise program augmented by patient-tailored, RAS-enhanced music will overcome the many limitations of hospital-based rehab. Through this innovative program, the investigators expect to enhance the benefits of rehab and better maintain them over time. The easy applicability of this innovative, accessible and economical program has the potential to modify the spiraling pattern of increasing disability and reduce health-care cost and mortality in Veterans with COPD. In 2021, the investigators obtained an 'Administrative Project Modification' to the parent COPD study in which they will include patients recovering from prolonged COVID19 hospitalization. Specifically, the investigators will use the novel RAS-enhanced music exercise program developed for the parent grant in patients recovering from COVID19. The main goal of the modified proposal for COVID19 patients will be to compare the efficacy of a 12-week, home-based exercise program augmented by RAS-therapeutic music and strength training to 12-weeks usual care and strength training in patients recovering from COVID 19.

Primary Outcome

Patients will be instructed to walk as fast as they can without running for six minutes. The test will be conducted according to ATS standards. Distance will be recorded in meters walked. Outcomes will be compared between the intervention groups.

Interventions

  • BEHAVIORAL control
  • BEHAVIORAL rhythmically auditory stimulation enhanced music

Study Locations (1)

Illinois

  • Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL - Hines

Trial Details

FieldValue
Enrollment Target 93 participants
Start Date 2018-10-01
Est. Completion 2023-11-14
Phase NA
VA Office of Research and Development

1,668 total trials

What the finished NCT03655028 record still lists

NCT03655028 is an interventional study that assigns participants to a tested intervention. The registry caps enrollment at 93 participants, a relatively small participant target, below the 1,404-participant average among 58,714 other NA trials with a reported enrollment target (93% lower).

The record links to 1 condition, with COPD Patients and Patients Recovering From COVID19 appearing as the primary indexed condition, and to 2 interventions - of which control is the first listed.

NCT03655028 reports a single indexed study location in Illinois.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is clinical trial NCT03655028 about?

NCT03655028 is a clinical study titled "Increasing Physical Activity in COPD Through Rhythmically Enhanced Music". The VA cares for nearly one million Veterans with COPD at a cost of more than $5.5 billion annually. COPD profoundly impairs quality of life as it limits ability to work, to maintain physical exertion and to engage in social activities. Hospital-based rehab can decrease the need for inpatient and ou...

What is the current status of trial NCT03655028?

This trial is currently completed. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 93 participants. The study started on 2018-10-01. Estimated completion is 2023-11-14.

What conditions does trial NCT03655028 study?

This clinical trial studies the following conditions: COPD Patients and Patients Recovering From COVID19.

What interventions are being tested in trial NCT03655028?

The interventions under investigation include: control (BEHAVIORAL), rhythmically auditory stimulation enhanced music (BEHAVIORAL).

Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT03655028?

This trial is sponsored by VA Office of Research and Development, which has 1,668 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Where is trial NCT03655028 being conducted?

This trial has 1 study location across Illinois. Contact the study sites directly through ClinicalTrials.gov for enrollment availability.

How this trial's enrollment target compares

Where NCT03655028's enrollment target sits among peer trials

93 937th of 2000 higher than 1,064 of 2,000 other NA trials

participants (enrollment target), bucketed by value

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Source ClinicalTrials.gov registry export · 2026-08-08

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