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NCT Number: NCT02078739

Tele-yoga Program in COPD and Heart Failure

The combined diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and heart failure (HF) is common but often missed because of similarities in clinical presentation, risk factors, and patient characteristics. The concurrent presence of both diseases worsens the limitations in exercise capacity and quality of life that patients experience with either disease alone. This pilot study will test the feasibility of a yoga program conducted in patients' homes using multi-point interactive videoconferencing ("Tele- Yoga") for patients with combined COPD/HF diagnoses. The investigators hypothesize that patients who receive a yoga program at home, compared to an educational control group, will experience fewer physical symptoms and better quality of life.

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Key information

Conditions

Yoga COPD Cardiovascular Diseases Chronic Disease Congestive Heart Failure Disease Attributes Heart Diseases Heart Failure Lung Diseases Lung Diseases, Obstructive Pathologic Processes Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive Respiratory Tract Diseases

Age range

40 year–85 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of California San Francisco

San Francisco, California, 94143, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients with heart failure (HF) who also have COPD according to University of California San Francisco medical record documentation and would like to participate in a home yoga intervention and hospitalization within the past 24 months.
  • Patients must: receive permission from their provider to participate in the study
  • English-speaking
  • Score of 3 on the Mini-Cog test
  • Be between the ages of 40 and 85 years
  • New York Heart Association Class I-III left ventricular systolic or diastolic HF
  • Have moderate-severe COPD defined as post bronchodilator Forced Expiratory Volume (FEV1) in 1 sec < 80% predicted, FEV1/Forced Vital Capacity ratio < 70% and history of smoking
  • TV, broadband internet connection, enough space to practice yoga in front of the TV, and willing to have research assistant install videoconferencing equipment.

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with a history of medication non-compliance as described by their provider
  • Hospitalization within the last 3 months
  • Myocardial infarction or recurrent angina within the last 6 months
  • Severe stenotic valvular disease
  • History of sudden cardiac death without subsequent automatic internal defibrillator placement
  • Cognitive impairment
  • Neuromuscular, orthopedic, or psychiatric illness that would interfere with yoga training
  • Oxygen saturation <85% on 6 liters of nasal oxygen.

Treatment and study plan

Yoga Program at home using internet technology

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. Feasibility of home yoga program as measured by the participants' perception of the quality of the broadband connection.

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    To evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, adherence rate of an 8-week, 1-hr biweekly Tele-Yoga intervention. Feasibility will be determined by the quality of the broadband connection, acceptability measured by participant satisfaction with the Yoga program and adherence measured by the number of times a participant participates in the yoga program.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Physical Function

    Time frame: 8 weeks

    Estimate the effect of home-based Tele-Yoga on physical function (endurance, balance, strength, and activity) and symptoms (dyspnea, sleep, and fatigue) compared to attention control

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of California, San Francisco

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Tele-Yoga for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Heart Failure Patients: A Pilot Study

Acronym: Tele-yoga

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Mar 5, 2014
Registry last updated
Jan 27, 2015

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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