Clinical trials: Physical Capacity
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Effects of Tiotropium on Breathing Capacity and Exercise Limitation in Early Stages of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Optimal clinical management in early stages of COPD is not established. Tiotropium has been shown to improve exercise tolerance during (CWR) cycle ergometry with GOLD stage II to IV COPD, improvements in constant speed treadmill…
- Trial name
- NCT01072396
- Testing
- Tiotropium
- Where
- 15 sites in United States, Canada
- Volunteers
- 126 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boehringer Ingelheim
Depression, Anxiety
Building Community Capacity for Disability Prevention for Minority Elders (Positive Minds - Strong Bodies)
The primary intervention offered through this study is a manualized and culturally adapted CBT intervention combined with an exercise intervention, administered by trained Community Health Workers and exercise trainers to ethnic…
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, Physical Disability
- Trial name
- NCT02317432
- Testing
- Comparison of a combined CBT + exercise intervention and enhanced usual care
- Where
- 8 sites in United States, Puerto Rico
- Volunteers
- 307 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Heart Failure
Oral Nitrite for Older Heart Failure Patients
Studies have demonstrated nitrite therapy increases adenosine triphosphate (ATP) synthesis in skeletal muscle mitochondria concomitant with reduced whole-body oxygen cost during steady state exercise.
- Trial name
- ONTx+HF (NCT02457260)
- Testing
- 14 N Sodium Nitrite
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gladwin, Mark, MD