Pulmonary Rehabilitation for COPD Patients: Can Performance Predict Exacerbation?

The aim of pulmonary rehabilitation is to improve exercise capacity and reduce dyspnoea. As well as improving the patient's overall condition, pulmonary rehabilitation provides a means to monitor the patient regularly. During physical exercise, the increased activity of the muscle system increases cardiac and respiratory output. If the patient's respiratory status deteriorates, as occurs, for example, before the onset of an exacerbation, exercise capacity could be reasonably expected to reduce. The investigators hypothesised, therefore, that changes in the physical capacity of patients with COPD during a rehabilitation session could provide a predictive indication regarding the risk of occurrence of exacerbation.

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Key information

Conditions

COPD COPD Exacerbation Chronic Disease Disease Attributes Lung Diseases Lung Diseases, Obstructive Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Rehabilitation Respiratory Tract Diseases

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Groupe Hospitalier du Havre

Montivilliers, Groupe Hospitalier Du Havre, 76290, France

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Adult patients
COPD patients

Exclusion criteria

Patients who not performed not at least 5 sessions of the pulmonary rehabilitation program
Occurence of an adverse event that prevents further rehabilitation
Exacerbation in the previous month

Treatment and study plan

Performance follow-up

Other

Diary performance during rehabilitation will be collected and a CAT questionnaire will be completed by the patient.

Primary outcomes

Correlation between the decrease of performance during pulmonary rehabilitation session and the occurrence of pulmonary exacerbation.

Time frame: From admission to the program or first documented session ; to completion of the pulmonary rehabilitation program or occurrence of an exacerbation, up to 104 weeks.

The change in performance rehabilitation of patients between the last session will be screen when a patients will be admitted to hospital for a COPD exacerbation.

Secondary outcomes

Correlation between the decrease of performance during pulmonary rehabilitation session and the COPD Assessment Test (CAT) questionnaire score.

Time frame: Through study completion, at every pulmonary rehabilitation session ; to completion of the pulmonary rehabilitation program or occurrence of an exacerbation, up to 104 weeks.

The change in performance rehabilitation of patients between the last session will be screen and compared to a COPD Assessment Test (CAT) questionnaire score.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Groupe Hospitalier du Havre

Other

Registry information

Acronym: PREDICT

Important dates

Study start: 2022
Primary completion: 2024
Study completion: 2024
First posted: Aug 8, 2022
Registry last updated: Jan 21, 2026

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