High-intensity non-invasive ventilation during exercise-training versus without in people with very severe COPD and chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure : a randomised controlled trial

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BACKGROUND: People with very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using nocturnal non-invasive ventilation (NIV) for chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF) experience reduced exercise capacity and severe dyspnoea during exercise training (ET). The use of NIV during ET can personalise training during pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) but whether high-intensity NIV (HI-NIV) during exercise is accepted and improves outcomes in these extremely physically limited patients is unknown. The aim of this trial was to determine if ET with HI-NIV during PR was more effective than without at improving exercise capacity and reducing dyspnoea during exercise.

METHODS: Patients with COPD, CHRF and nocturnal-NIV were randomised to supervised cycle-ET as part of PR with HI-NIV or without (control). Primary outcome was change in cycle endurance time (ΔCETtime), while secondary outcomes were dyspnoea at isotime during the cycle endurance test and during ET-sessions and for the HI-NIV group, post-trial preferred exercising method.

RESULTS: Twenty-six participants (forced expiratory volume in 1 s 22±7%pred, PaCO251±7 mm Hg) completed the trial (HI-NIV: n=13, ET: IPAP 26±3/EPAP 6±1 cm H2O; control n=13). At completion of a 3 week ET-programme, no significant between-group differences in ΔCETtime were seen (HI-NIV-control: Δ105 s 95% CI (-92 to 302), p=0.608). Within-group ΔCETtime was significant (HI-NIV: +246 s 95% CI (61 to 432); control: +141 s 95% CI (60 to 222); all p<0.05). The number of responders (Δ>minimal important difference (MID)101 s: n=53.8%) was the same in both groups for absolute ΔCETtime and 69.2% of control and 76.9% of the HI-NIV group had a %change>MID33%.Compared with control, the HI-NIV group reported less isotime dyspnoea (Δ-2.0 pts. 95% CI (-3.2 to -0.8), p=0.005) and during ET (Δ-3.2 pts. 95% CI (-4.6 to -1.9), p<0.001). Most of the HI-NIV group (n=12/13) preferred exercising with NIV.

CONCLUSION: In this small group of patients with very severe COPD requiring nocturnal NIV, participation in an ET-programme during PR significantly improved exercise capacity irrespective of HI-NIV use. Reported dyspnoea was in favour of HI-NIV.

TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT03803358.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:10

Enthalten in:

BMJ open respiratory research - 10(2023), 1 vom: 22. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schneeberger, Tessa [VerfasserIn]
Dennis, Clancy John [VerfasserIn]
Jarosch, Inga [VerfasserIn]
Leitl, Daniela [VerfasserIn]
Stegemann, Antje [VerfasserIn]
Gloeckl, Rainer [VerfasserIn]
Hitzl, Wolfgang [VerfasserIn]
Leidinger, Maximilian [VerfasserIn]
Schoenheit-Kenn, Ursula [VerfasserIn]
Criée, Carl-Peter [VerfasserIn]
Koczulla, Andreas Rembert [VerfasserIn]
Kenn, Klaus [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Complementary medicine
Exercise
Journal Article
Non invasive ventilation
Pulmonary rehabilitation
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 24.11.2023

Date Revised 26.11.2023

published: Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03803358

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bmjresp-2023-001913

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364845473