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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00918905
Date of registration: 03/06/2009
Primary sponsor: Svendborg Hospital
Public title: Nurse Tele-Consultations With Discharged COPD Patients Reduce the Numbers of Readmissions
Scientific title: KOL-Fyn - an Explorative Study Wtih Telemedicine in COPD Patients at Home
Date of first enrolment: June 2007
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00918905
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
Denmark
Contacts
Name:   Hanne Madsen, Ph.D.
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Affiliation:  Medical Department, OUH Svendborg Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Exacerbation in COPD with dyspnea, cough

- Need for medical treatment

- Age above 40 years

- Above 10 pack years

- The ability to use a phone

Exclusion Criteria:

- Communication problems

- Respiratory acidosis

- No other severe medical disease as cancer, sepsis, shock, pneumonia



Age minimum: 40 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Intervention(s)
Device: Telemonitor
Primary Outcome(s)
readmission to hospital [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
the duration of hospital readmission [Time Frame: days]
Secondary ID(s)
Telekol-1
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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