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NCT Number: NCT04574050

SELF-BREATHE RCT for Chronic Breathlessness

A feasibility RCT comprising two groups:

1. Intervention (SELF-BREATHE in addition to standard NHS care) 2. Control group (standard / currently available NHS care)

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Key information

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Adults ≥ 18 years of age, with the ability to read and type in English
  • Access to a computer, or tablet or smart phone, with internet access and the ability to email
  • Chronic breathlessness (CB) defined as; breathlessness that persists (>3months) despite optimal pharmacological treatment of the underlying disease including cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD),asthma, interstitial lung disease (ILD), bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis (CF) chronic heart failure (CHF), sickle cell disease, chronic renal/ liver failure or post COVID-19
  • Chronic breathlessness at rest or on exertion; MRC dysponea score >2
  • Willing to engage with short-term self-guided internet-based breathlessness intervention (SELF-BREATHE)
  • Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

  • Breathlessness of unknown cause
  • A primary diagnosis of chronic hyperventilation syndrome
  • Currently participating in a rehabilitation programme, e.g. pulmonary/cardiac rehabilitation

Treatment and study plan

SELF-BREATHE

Other

A self -guided, internet -based intervention for patients with chronic breathlessness

Primary outcomes

  1. Feasibility: the number of patients recruited into this study over a 12-month period

    Time frame: 12 months

    The number of patients recruited into this study over a 12-month period

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

King's College Hospital NHS Trust

Other

Collaborators

  • King's College London

Registry information

Official study title

A Self - Guided, Internet - Based Intervention for Patients With Chronic Breathlessness (SELF-BREATHE): Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Oct 5, 2020
Registry last updated
Mar 19, 2024

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