Non-cystic Fibrosis BronchiectasisBronchConnectNCT06164470
Impact of Support Groups for Patients With Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis
A study testing Support Group in people with Non-cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis, run by University of California, San Francisco at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
BronchConnect is a prospective trial to investigate the impact of support groups on health care related quality of life in those with noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFBE). It has been well demonstrated that participation in patient support groups improves quality of life in those who suffer from interstitial lung… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Non-cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis
- What is being tested?
- Support Group
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 42 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 1 Apr 2024to 2 Apr 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Diagnosis of bronchiectasis on computed tomography (CT) chest scan
- Bronchiectasis is the primary respiratory disease as determined by a clinician
Who cannot join
- Age < 18 years old
- Cystic fibrosis
- Traction bronchiectasis in the context of pulmonary fibrosis
- Solid organ transplant recipient
- Ability to provide informed consent
- Due to constraints of this pilot study, inability to engage in a full conversation in English
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California, 94143
About this study
Official title: Impact of Support Groups for Patients With Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis on Quality of Life and Exacerbations
BronchConnect is a prospective trial to investigate the impact of support groups on health care related quality of life in those with noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFBE). It has been well demonstrated that participation in patient support groups improves quality of life in those who suffer from interstitial lung disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but the impact is largely unknown for those who live with NCFBE, a chronic lung disease with rising prevalence with no targeted FDA-approved therapy. NCFBE causes chronic cough, dyspnea, recurrent infections, and leads to anxiety and uncertainty. This study seeks to evaluate the impact of a virtual patient support group for patients with NCFBE through questionnaires to assess change of quality of life and anxiety, and exacerbation rates through clinical assessment.
Read the detailed description
Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFBE) is a chronic disease of the airways characterized by progressive damage to the airways that impairs the ability to clear mucus leading to repeated cycles of inflammation and infection. The condition is associated with chronic cough, sputum production, and exacerbations requiring antibiotics and/or hospitalizations, and as such can have a significant effect on quality of life. Incidence and prevalence have been increasing in the past twenty years, with a concurrent worsening in socioeconomic burden. Chronic cough and sputum production, use of devices for airway clearance, decreased exercise tolerance, and frequent exacerbations can all lead to embarrassment and isolation. Per the European Respiratory Society (ERS) guidelines, impairment in quality of life in patients with bronchiectasis is "equivalent in terms of scores on the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other disabling respiratory diseases." Patient support groups are well established for those living with these other chronic pulmonary diseases, but their efficacy is not well defined for NCFBE. This is a single center prospective interventional non-randomized pre-post study to evaluate the impact of a virtual patient support group and multidisciplinary educational program for patients with NCFBE using a mixed-methods approach seeking to compare how support groups affect quality of life, anxiety, and exacerbation rates for patients living with NCFBE. Participants will complete a series of questionnaires and will undergo assessment for severity of disease, comorbidities, and exacerbations before and after attending the group.
- Conditions
- Non-cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis
- Being tested
- Support Group
- Keywords
- Support Group, Patient Education
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Support GroupBehavioural
monthly virtual patient support with multidisciplinary education for 12 sessions
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Support Group | Other | Non-randomized pre-post trial, in which each participant will serve as their own control. Participants will be recruited from a bronchiectasis specialty clinic. Receives: Behavioral: Support Group |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Health-related quality of life
The Quality of Life-Bronchiectasis (QOL-B) is a validated questionnaire that assesses bronchiectasis symptoms and their effect on quality of life. QOL-B V3.1 is 37 items in 8 scales that each are scored 0 to 100, including respiratory symptoms, functioning, health perception, vitality, and treatment burden. We will track change for each domain over time.
Measured: Baseline, 3-months, 6-months, 12-months
Anxiety
The General Anxiety Disorder-7 is a commonly used questionnaire that assesses clinical anxiety using 7 questions over the past 14-day period. This will be tracked for score improvement (i.e. lower) over time.
Measured: Baseline, 3-months, 6-months, 12-months
Secondary outcomes (3)
Exacerbation Rate
An exacerbation will be defined as a deterioration in three or more of the following for at least 48 hours: cough, sputum volume and/or consistency, sputum purulence, breathlessness and/or exercise tolerance, fatigue and/or malaise, hemoptysis, and a clinician determines that a change in bronchiectasis treatment is required. Assessment will include mean exacerbation per year for the prior two years, study duration, and subsequent one year.
Measured: 12-months
Participation
Attendance to sessions will be tracked, with acceptable marked at 66% of sessions attended through the study period.
Measured: 12-months
Rate of post-group survey
Participants will be tracked for completion of post-support group questionnaires sent at end of every meeting to assess relevance of the session, with acceptable as at least 66% of completion of surveys through the study period.
Measured: 12-months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted11 Dec 2023
- Study start1 Apr 2024
- Primary completion2 Apr 2025
- Study completion2 Apr 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (4)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Non-cystic Fibrosis BronchiectasisStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of California, San FranciscoThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 42 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Shoshana Zha, MD/PhD, Principal investigator, University of California, San Francisco
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06164470
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 23-40128
- Acronym
- BronchConnect
- Status last verified
- Apr 2025
- First submitted
- 1 Dec 2023
- Last updated
- 6 Apr 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Publications
Hester KLM, Newton J, Rapley T, De Soyza A. Patient information, education and self-management in bronchiectasis: facilitating improvements to optimise health outcomes. BMC Pulm Med. 2018 May 22;18(1):80. doi: 10.1186/s12890-018-0633-5.
PubMed 29788946Hashem F, Merritt R. Supporting patients self-managing respiratory health: a qualitative study on the impact of the Breathe Easy voluntary group network. ERJ Open Res. 2018 Feb 9;4(1):00076-2017. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00076-2017. eCollection 2018 Jan.
PubMed 29450201Alcazar B, de Lucas P, Soriano JB, Fernandez-Nistal A, Fuster A, Gonzalez-Moro JM, Arnedillo A, Sidro PG, de Los Monteros MJ. The evaluation of a remote support program on quality of life and evolution of disease in COPD patients with frequent exacerbations. BMC Pulm Med. 2016 Nov 8;16(1):140. doi: 10.1186/s12890-016-0304-3.
PubMed 27821164Athanazio RA. Bronchiectasis: moving from an orphan disease to an unpleasant socioeconomic burden. ERJ Open Res. 2021 Oct 25;7(4):00507-2021. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00507-2021. eCollection 2021 Oct.
PubMed 34708118
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 6 Apr 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Impact of Support Groups for Patients With Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis on Quality of Life and Exacerbations
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06164470
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- BronchConnect / 23-40128
- Conditions
- Non-cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis
- Keywords
- Support Group, Patient Education
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 42 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, San FranciscoUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Apr 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 2 Apr 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 2 Apr 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 11 Dec 2023 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
BronchConnect is a prospective trial to investigate the impact of support groups on health care related quality of life in those with noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFBE). It has been well demonstrated that participation in patient support groups improves quality of life in those who suffer from interstitial lung disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, but the impact is largely unknown for those who live with NCFBE, a chronic lung disease with rising prevalence with no targeted FDA-approved therapy. NCFBE causes chronic cough, dyspnea, recurrent infections, and leads to anxiety and uncertainty. This study seeks to evaluate the impact of a virtual patient support group for patients with NCFBE through questionnaires to assess change of quality of life and anxiety, and exacerbation rates through clinical assessment.
Detailed description
Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFBE) is a chronic disease of the airways characterized by progressive damage to the airways that impairs the ability to clear mucus leading to repeated cycles of inflammation and infection. The condition is associated with chronic cough, sputum production, and exacerbations requiring antibiotics and/or hospitalizations, and as such can have a significant effect on quality of life. Incidence and prevalence have been increasing in the past twenty years, with a concurrent worsening in socioeconomic burden. Chronic cough and sputum production, use of devices for airway clearance, decreased exercise tolerance, and frequent exacerbations can all lead to embarrassment and isolation. Per the European Respiratory Society (ERS) guidelines, impairment in quality of life in patients with bronchiectasis is "equivalent in terms of scores on the St George's Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) to severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and other disabling respiratory diseases." Patient support groups are well established for those living with these other chronic pulmonary diseases, but their efficacy is not well defined for NCFBE. This is a single center prospective interventional non-randomized pre-post study to evaluate the impact of a virtual patient support group and multidisciplinary educational program for patients with NCFBE using a mixed-methods approach seeking to compare how support groups affect quality of life, anxiety, and exacerbation rates for patients living with NCFBE. Participants will complete a series of questionnaires and will undergo assessment for severity of disease, comorbidities, and exacerbations before and after attending the group.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Support Group | Other | Behavioral: Support GroupNon-randomized pre-post trial, in which each participant will serve as their own control. Participants will be recruited from a bronchiectasis specialty clinic. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Diagnosis of bronchiectasis on computed tomography (CT) chest scan
- Bronchiectasis is the primary respiratory disease as determined by a clinician
Key exclusion criteria (6 listed)
- Age < 18 years old
- Cystic fibrosis
- Traction bronchiectasis in the context of pulmonary fibrosis
- Solid organ transplant recipient
- Ability to provide informed consent
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Support Groupmonthly virtual patient support with multidisciplinary education for 12 sessions | Behavioural | Support Group |
Primary outcome
Health-related quality of life
Time frame: Baseline, 3-months, 6-months, 12-months
The Quality of Life-Bronchiectasis (QOL-B) is a validated questionnaire that assesses bronchiectasis symptoms and their effect on quality of life. QOL-B V3.1 is 37 items in 8 scales that each are scored 0 to 100, including respiratory symptoms, functioning, health perception, vitality, and treatment burden. We will track change for each domain over time.
Anxiety
Time frame: Baseline, 3-months, 6-months, 12-months
The General Anxiety Disorder-7 is a commonly used questionnaire that assesses clinical anxiety using 7 questions over the past 14-day period. This will be tracked for score improvement (i.e. lower) over time.
3 secondary outcomes
Exacerbation Rate
Time frame: 12-months
Participation
Time frame: 12-months
Rate of post-group survey
Time frame: 12-months
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 6 Apr 2025.
- Background: PubMed 29788946Hester KLM, Newton J, Rapley T, De Soyza A. Patient information, education and self-management in bronchiectasis: facilitating improvements to optimise health outcomes. BMC Pulm Med. 2018 May 22;18(1):80. doi: 10.1186/s12890-018-0633-5.
- Background: PubMed 29450201Hashem F, Merritt R. Supporting patients self-managing respiratory health: a qualitative study on the impact of the Breathe Easy voluntary group network. ERJ Open Res. 2018 Feb 9;4(1):00076-2017. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00076-2017. eCollection 2018 Jan.
- Background: PubMed 27821164Alcazar B, de Lucas P, Soriano JB, Fernandez-Nistal A, Fuster A, Gonzalez-Moro JM, Arnedillo A, Sidro PG, de Los Monteros MJ. The evaluation of a remote support program on quality of life and evolution of disease in COPD patients with frequent exacerbations. BMC Pulm Med. 2016 Nov 8;16(1):140. doi: 10.1186/s12890-016-0304-3.
- Background: PubMed 34708118Athanazio RA. Bronchiectasis: moving from an orphan disease to an unpleasant socioeconomic burden. ERJ Open Res. 2021 Oct 25;7(4):00507-2021. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00507-2021. eCollection 2021 Oct.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Shoshana Zha, MD/PhD principal investigator
University of California, San Francisco
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Support Group in people with Non-cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis, run by University of California, San Francisco at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 6 Apr 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Health-related quality of life (time frame: Baseline, 3-months, 6-months, 12-months). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT06164470, which also lists 4 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 6 Apr 2025.