Gas Usage for Those With COPD Who Experience Low Oxygen Levels During Activities Only

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2005-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Several studies have described the use of supplemental oxygen during exertion or activities of daily living (ambulatory oxygen) in study populations that have different characteristics. This report, based on specialized randomized controlled trials, characterizes ambulatory gas usage among patients with COPD who experience low oxygen levels during activities.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: West Park Healthcare Centre
• Collaborators: Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation; Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care; University of Toronto

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of COPD

• dyspnea limiting daily activities

• desaturation less than or equal to 88% for 2 continuous minutes during a room air six-minute walk test

Exclusion Criteria:

• less than or equal to 18 years old

• those who met criteria for mortality reduction with long-term oxygen

• those who received oxygen for palliative care or isolated nocturnal hypoxemia

• those unable to complete the questionnaires or provide informed consent