Effect of Ambulatory Oxygen on the Walking Test in Patients With Pulmonary Fibrosis
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2013-04-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Patients with pulmonary fibrosis often desaturate on exercise. There are no data showing
whether ambulatory oxygen can be useful to improve exercise capacity in this condition.
Ambulatory ambulatory oxygen is often denied to these patients based on studies conducted on
patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a completely different condition for
physiopathology, prognosis, and response to therapy. We therefore planned a controlled study
to verify the usefulness of ambulatory oxygen in patients with pulmonary fibrosis