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Home-based Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Interstitial Lung Disease
Sponsor: Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
Summary
Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary intervention incorporating exercise training, education, and behavior change, shown to improve dyspnea, exercise capacity, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in ILD patients. However, access to center-based PR is limited in many settings, including ours, due to geographic, logistical, and socioeconomic barriers. Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation (HPR) may offer a scalable, accessible alternative with comparable outcomes to conventional PR. The drawback of HPR is the lack of monitoring, which may be overcome by incorporating a telemonitoring program to improve adherence. Data on the effectiveness of HPR in ILD populations-especially in resource-limited settings-are scarce. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the impact of a 6-week home-based PR program on HRQoL and exercise capacity in patients with fibrotic ILD in India. The study hypothesis is that participants undergoing HPR will demonstrate clinically meaningful improvements in disease-specific HRQoL and six-minute walk distance compared to those receiving usual care.
Official title: A Randomized Trial of Home-Based Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Interstitial Lung Disease
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 75 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
80
Start Date
2025-11-01
Completion Date
2027-03-31
Last Updated
2026-10-05
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Home-based pulmonary rehabilitation
A standard exercise regimen will be taught to the subject at the randomization visit. The exercise regimen will be tailored only if the standard set cannot be followed by the subject and the individualized regimen will be recorded. The subject will be asked to complete a daily diary of activities. A telephonic follow up will be done every week for 8 weeks.
Standard-of-care treatment
The standard of care pharmacologic treatment will be continued along with a general advice on maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle.
Locations (1)
Post graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India