Effect of Home Exercise Activity on Cortisol and Depression in COPD During the Pandemic COVID
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04639349 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : November 20, 2020
Last Update Posted : November 20, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease | Behavioral: exercise group Other: control group | Not Applicable |
40 COPD men will be divided to exercise group (20 patients) and control group (20 patients):
the exercise group will receive a exercise session contains a fifty minutes exercise training at home with moderate intensity on the available training devices as bicycle or treadmill in addition to 30 minutes of exercising of upper and lower limb, the session will be repeated three times per week for eight weeks.
The control group will not be trained
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 40 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Effect of Home Exercise Activity on Cortisol and Depression in COPD Patients During the Pandemic COVID-19 |
Actual Study Start Date : | November 19, 2020 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | March 1, 2021 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | March 1, 2021 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Exercised group
the exercise group (20 patients) will receive a exercise session contains a fifty minutes exercise training at home with moderate intensity on the available training devices as bicycle or treadmill in addition to 30 minutes of exercising of upper and lower limb, the session will be repeated three times per week for eight weeks.
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Behavioral: exercise group
the exercise group (20 patients) will receive a exercise session contains a fifty minutes exercise training at home with moderate intensity on the available training devices as bicycle or treadmill in addition to 30 minutes of exercising of upper and lower limb, the session will be repeated three times per week for eight weeks. |
control group
The control group will not be trained
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Other: control group
the control group will not be trained |
- cortisol [ Time Frame: It will be measured after eight weeks of training ]it will be measured in plasma
- hospital anxiety and depression scale [ Time Frame: It will be measured after eight weeks of training ]this a questionnaire that will assess anxiety and depression in COPD patients
- pulmonary function test [ Time Frame: It will be measured after eight weeks of training ]it will be a measurement for lung volume and capacities
- Interleukin-8 [ Time Frame: It will be measured after eight weeks of training ]It is an inflammatory marker in plasma
- body mass index [ Time Frame: It will be measured after eight weeks of training ]it will measure body mass changes
- six minute walking test [ Time Frame: It will be measured after eight weeks of training ]it assess functional capacity
- St. George's respiratory questionnaire [ Time Frame: It will be measured after eight weeks of training ]It assess the effect of COPD on general quality of life

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 50 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Gender Based Eligibility: | Yes |
Gender Eligibility Description: | self-representation of gender identity |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- stable COPD patients
- patients who will have a training device as bicycle or treadmill in home
Exclusion Criteria:
- diabetic patients
- renal patients.
- liver diseases

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04639349
Contact: Ali Ismail, lecturer | 02 01005154209 | allooka2012@gmail.com |
Egypt | |
Faculty of Physical Therapy Cairo University | Recruiting |
Giza, Dokki, Egypt | |
Contact: Ali Ismail, lecturer 02 01005154209 allooka2012@gmail.com |
Principal Investigator: | Ali Ismail, lecturer | Cairo University |
Responsible Party: | Ali Mohamed Ali ismail, lecturer of Physical Therapy for Cardiovascular / Respiratory Disorder and Geriatrics, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Cairo University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04639349 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
P.T.REC/012/002897 |
First Posted: | November 20, 2020 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 20, 2020 |
Last Verified: | November 2020 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Lung Diseases, Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive Lung Diseases Respiratory Tract Diseases |