Clinical trialNCT00243282CompletedInterventional

Randomized Controlled Trial of Mind-Body Breathing Therapy (in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) To Improve Palliation of Dyspnea and Health-Related Quality of Life

SponsorUS Department of Veterans AffairsEnrollment120Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive

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Summary

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Dyspnea (shortness of breath) is a complex experience that includes interpretation of physical impairments and associated distress to the person. The role of mind-body interactions in the experience of the symptom of dyspnea suggests that complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies may be effective in abating dyspnea and improving patients' health-related quality of life. CAM strategies work in a number of ways that are directly applicable to dyspnea, such as decreasing the stress response, inducing relaxation, and facilitating a less distressful interpreted experience of physical disorders. We have combined a number of established CAM approaches aimed at breath-centered mindfulness and relaxation into an single therapy, mind-body breathing therapy (MBBT). The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of MBBT in improving dyspnea and health-related quality of life for patients with emphysema (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease).

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Investigators

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Paul G. Shekelle, MD, PhD
Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare System, Chief General Internal Medicine
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Greater Los Angeles Va Healthcare System
Los Angeles, California, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 31 Oct 2005
Primary completion: —
Completion: 31 Oct 2006
Last update posted: 21 Jan 2009
Registered enrollment: 120
Registry id: NCT00243282

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