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Register: REBEC
Last refreshed on: 29 April 2024
Main ID:  RBR-9s6zpjs
Date of registration: 24/04/2024
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Public title: Clinical aspects of long-term follow-up of patients wtih Covid-19 after hospitalization in HC-Unicamp
Scientific title: Epidemiological and clinical-evolutionary aspects of a cohort of patients hospitalized with Covid-19 at HC-Unicamp
Date of first enrolment: 10/06/2020
Target sample size:
Recruitment status: Recruitment completed
URL:  https://ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/rg/RBR-9s6zpjs
Study type:  Intervention
Study design:   
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name: Mônica Corso Pereira    -faculdade de ciências médicas
Address:  R. Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126 - Cidade Universitária 13083-887 Campinas Brazil
Telephone: +55 (19) 3521.7871
Email: moncorso@unicamp.br
Affiliation:  Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Name: Mônica Corso Pereira    -faculdade de ciências médicas
Address:  R. Tessália Vieira de Camargo, 126 - Cidade Universitária 13083-887 Campinas Brazil
Telephone: +55 (19) 3521.7871
Email: moncorso@unicamp.br
Affiliation:  Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients of both sexes; greater than or equal to 18 years old; diagnosis of severe COVID-19 who have been hospitalised; post-discharge outpatient assessment, have dyspnoea at rest; or a distance covered in the six-minute walk test of less than or equal to 400 metres and or 80% of that predicted using a predictive reference equation; or a drop in peripheral oxygen saturation of greater than or equal to 4 points
Exclusion criteria: Osteoarticular or cognitive limitations; or patients with a tracheostomy; or patients with previous respiratory or cardiovascular diseases that prevent the participant from performing the proposed tests

Age minimum: 18Y
Age maximum: 0
Gender: -
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
C01.748
Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome; Respiratory Insufficiency
Intervention(s)
This is a longitudinal, prospective, randomised, open clinical study. Total patients included: 60 patients coming out of hospitalisation for severe COVID-19. Randomisation to group 1: 30 patients who will take part in a pulmonary telerehabilitation programme with exclusively remote supervision, or group 2: 30 patients who will take part in a pulmonary telerehabilitation programme with both remote and face-to-face supervision. Duration of the programme: 12 weeks, with sessions held at least three times a week. Evaluation procedures for the two groups, pre and post telerehabilitation programme: six-minute walk test, SF-36 quality of life questionnaire, and assessment of respiratory muscle strength and handgrip strength.
Primary Outcome(s)
Expected Outcome 1: The study aims to observe an improvement in functional capacity, as measured by an increase of at least 50 metres in the distance covered during the six-minute walk test, between pre- and post-intervention
Outcome found 1:The six-minute walk test showed an increase of 164.5 metres in group 1 and 154.2 metres in group 2 between the pre- and post-intervention periods
Secondary Outcome(s)
Expected outcome 3: The intervention is expected to improve functional capacity, as measured by the increase in distance walked in the six-minute walk test, between baseline and after six months of follow-up
Expected outcome 6: We expected to find a significant increase in handgrip strength assessed using a hand-held dynamometer between pre- and post-intervention
Expected outcome 2: It is expected that there will be a significant improvement in the quality of life, as measured by the SF-36 survey, between pre- and post-intervention
Expected outcome 4: We expect to find a significant increase in respiratory muscle strength assessed by means of maximum respiratory pressures between the pre- and post-intervention periods
Outcome found 4: There was a significant improvement in respiratory muscle strength between pre- and post-intervention
Outcome found 6: There was an improvement in handgrip strength between pre- and post-intervention
Outcome found 5: There was an improvement in respiratory muscle endurance between pre- and post-intervention
Expected Outcome 5: A significant increase in respiratory muscle endurance, as assessed using the Powerbreathe KH2 equipment, is expected between the pre- and post-intervention periods
Outcome found 2: There was a significant improvement in the quality of life, as evidenced by the scores of the physical and mental summary components of the SF-36 survey, between pre- and post-intervention
Outcome found 3: There was an improvement in functional capacity between baseline and after six months of follow-up
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 11/08/2020
Contact:
cep@unicamp.br
Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa Faculdade de Ciências Médicas
+55(19)35218936; +55(19)35217187
cep@unicamp.br
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted:
Date Completed: 04/05/2022
URL: https://erj.ersjournals.com/content/62/suppl_67/PA2685
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