Tokyo, Oct. 20 -- UMIN Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN-CTR) received information related to the study (UMIN000059402) titled 'Verification of the Efficacy of a Message App Intervention to Improve Physical Activity in Outpatients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Controlled Trial' on Oct. 20.
Study Type:
Interventional
Study Design:
Basic Design - Parallel
Randomization - Randomized
Blinding - Open -no one is blinded
Control - Active
Primary Sponsor:
Institute - Other
Condition:
Condition - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Classification by malignancy - Others
Genomic information - NO
Objective:
Narrative objectives1 - This study examines whether physical activity can be improved by using a widely popular messaging app among Japanese people to regularly and conveniently encourage physical activity.
Basic objectives2 - Efficacy
Intervention:
Interventions/Control_1 - The control group will receive the usual guidance to encourage physical activity.
Interventions/Control_2 - The intervention group will receive messages twice weekly in the morning instructing them to set their own physical activity goals.
Eligibility:
Age-lower limit - 40
years-old
<=
Age-upper limit - Not applicable
Gender - Male and Female
Key inclusion criteria - (1) Patients in a stable condition with a Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score of 24 or higher
(2) No gender restrictions
(3) Outpatients
(4) Individuals who use a messaging app
Key exclusion criteria - (1) Individuals with severe medical complications other than chronic respiratory failure
(2) Individuals whose mobility, such as walking, is impaired due to physical disability
(3) Individuals within one month of an acute exacerbation of chronic respiratory failure
(4) Individuals with significant dementia
(5) Other individuals deemed unsuitable as subjects by the attending physician
(6) Individuals unable to provide informed consent for the study
Target Size - 40
Recruitment Status:
Recruitment status - Preinitiation
Date of protocol fixation - 2025 Year 09 Month 17 Day
Date of IRB - 2025 Year 09 Month 17 Day
Anticipated trial start date - 2025 Year 10 Month 17 Day
Last follow-up date - 2030 Year 03 Month 31 Day
To know more, visit https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000067769
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