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COPD ExacerbationNCT03003702

Domiciliary Monitoring to Predict Exacerbations of COPD

A study testing Nonin in people with COPD Exacerbation, run by University College, London at 1 site in United Kingdom.

Completed

Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a common, long term condition of the lungs that is usually caused by cigarette smoking. In addition to daily symptoms and limitation in activities, patients are prone to developing chest infections called 'exacerbations'. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 40 to 90 years
Conditions the study is for
COPD Exacerbation
What is being tested?
Nonin
Type of treatment
Medical device
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
85 participants
Where
1 siteUnited Kingdom
Study dates
Sep 2016to Apr 2018
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 40 to 90 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patient diagnosed with COPD (smoking history of ≥10 pack years and FEV1/VC < 0.7 post-bronchodilator).
  • Patient who had two or more self-reported moderate or severe COPD exacerbations in the past 12 months.
  • Patient who can use study equipment and attend appointments.
  • Can communicate in English.

Who cannot join

  • Patient who was diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (through a self-report and/or a result of Stop Bang and Epworth questionnaires).
  • Patient with co-morbidity preventing taking part.
  • Patients already involved in an ongoing research study.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United Kingdom1 site
  • Royal Free Hospital NHS

    London, NW3 2PF

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About this study

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a common, long term condition of the lungs that is usually caused by cigarette smoking. In addition to daily symptoms and limitation in activities, patients are prone to developing chest infections called 'exacerbations'. Exacerbations are a big problem: unpleasant for patients, and sometimes severe enough to cause hospital admission (and therefore health facilities pressures) and death. Reducing the impact of exacerbations is very important. Investigators have previously shown that earlier treatment of COPD exacerbations results in faster recovery, and reduced chance of hospital admission. Helping patients to detect exacerbations early is therefore important. Investigators have also recently shown that monitoring heart rate and oxygen saturation via a finger probe may assist in this. However, measuring these variables when the patient is awake means they can be affected by other things, such as exercise and anxiety. Our new idea is that measuring heart rate and oxygen level overnight, when a patient is asleep, will give the best chance of detecting COPD exacerbations early and our study will test that. Investigators will randomly allocate 77 patients with COPD recruited from our service in London to standard monitoring, or overnight monitoring, for up to six months or the first exacerbation, whichever is sooner. Investigators will then analyse whether overnight monitoring was able to detect exacerbations earlier, and therefore could be used to help patients get treatment earlier. A subset of participants will also wear an activity monitor overnight for the first two weeks, so that Investigators can assess the effect (if any) of overnight awake periods (such as trips to the bathroom) on the heart rate and saturation recording.

Being tested
Nonin

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • NoninDevice

Study groups in NCT03003702
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
ETHExperimentalOvernight monitoring
Receives: Device: Nonin
CTHOtherMorning monitoring
Receives: Device: Nonin

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. The primary outcome is the difference in time to receive treatment from exacerbation onset as defined by symptoms, compared to exacerbation onset as defined by change in physiology

    Measured: 6 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted28 Dec 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2016
  3. Primary completionApr 2018
  4. Study completionApr 2018

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
85 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03003702
Sponsor's protocol ID
16/LO/1120
Status last verified
Oct 2018
First submitted
22 Dec 2016
Last updated
15 Oct 2018
Results posted
No

Publications

  • Al Rajeh AM, Aldabayan YS, Aldhahir A, Pickett E, Quaderi S, Alqahtani JS, Mandal S, Lipman MC, Hurst JR. Once Daily Versus Overnight and Symptom Versus Physiological Monitoring to Detect Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2020 Nov 13;8(11):e17597. doi: 10.2196/17597.

    PubMed 33185560

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Nonin in people with COPD Exacerbation, run by University College, London at 1 site in United Kingdom.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 3 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 Oct 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

The primary outcome is the difference in time to receive treatment from exacerbation onset as defined by symptoms, compared to exacerbation onset as defined by change in physiology (time frame: 6 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03003702, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 15 Oct 2018.

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