Targeted Intervention for Patient Centered Outcome in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Pulmonary
Therapuetic Areas:Pulmonary / Respiratory Diseases
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:4/17/2018
Start Date:September 12, 2017
End Date:December 2019
Contact:Jeanette Graf, BS, CCRP
Email:jgraf@mcw.edu
Phone:414-955-7040

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Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a chronic fibrotic lung disease of unknown cause, is
characterized by relentless progression, with a three-year mortality of up to 50%. IPF has
high morbidity, with 90% of patients reporting dyspnea at the time of diagnosis and this is
strongly correlated with quality of life and mortality. As IPF progress, breathlessness
worsens, physical functional capacity declines, and health-related quality of life
deteriorates. Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) can improve well-being in patients with other
chronic lung disease, but little is known regarding PR in IPF.

The hypothesis is that the provision of a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation program to
patients with IPF will significantly improve participant health related quality of life. The
objective is to develop a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary 12-week PR program with disease
specific educational components for IPF patients. The specific aims of the proposal is to
evaluate the effect of the comprehensive PR program on 1) improvements in quality of life
using the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form 36 (SF-36), a quality of life instrument
and 2) improvements in patient self-reported dyspnea scores using the chronic respiratory
questionnaire. The investigator intends to evaluate sustained benefits of the PR
intervention, changes in depression, anxiety, stress and functional physical capacity.

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of IPF confirmed by lung biopsy or by characteristic pattern on high
resolution computed tomogram (HRCT)

- No identifiable cause of lung fibrosis

- PR not received in the past year

- Ability to walk

Exclusion Criteria:

- History of unstable angina

- Deterioration cardiac or neurological disease

- Pregnancy or lactation

- Degenerative arthritis or other limitation to mobility

- PR in the past 12 months
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