Clinical trialNCT01789996CompletedInterventional

The Six Minute Walk Test: Influence of Instruction on Results

SponsorInova Health Care ServicesEnrollment45Interstitial Lung Disease

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Summary

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Two - four 6MWT performed according to ATS standards. Each walk however had specifically altered wording and coaching performed in random order to determine differences in outcomes. One walk was done in the standard ATS fashion. One was done coaching to walk as fast as the patient can walk. One was coached to walk at the patients normal walking pace. One was coached to walk at the patient's leisure walking pace.

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Investigators

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Steven D Nathan, MD
Inova Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Program
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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

Inova Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Program
Falls Church, Virginia, 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: 30 Jun 2010
Primary completion: 30 Nov 2014
Completion: 31 Dec 2014
Last update posted: 16 Jun 2020
Registered enrollment: 45
Registry id: NCT01789996

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