| Trial name or title |
Effectiveness of Home Automated telemanagement in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disorder |
| Methods |
Randomized single blind (outcomes assessor) active control, parallel assignment efficacy study |
| Participants |
280 participants, 21 years and older and understands spoken English, physician diagnosis of COPD moderate to severe COPD according to NHLB/WHO global initiative for COPD (GOLD) classification stages II to III |
| Interventions |
Creation of a computer program that can help people learn about their COPD and how to manage it themselves, then determination of whether the computer program, called Home Automated Telemanagement (HAT) helps patients with COPD in managing their disease and following their treatment plans. |
| Outcomes |
Clinical health including lung function and respiratory symptoms, measured and baseline and every 3 months for 18 months. Disease specific quality of life, exercise tolerance, urgent health care utilization, self efficacy for COPD patients and activities of daily living. |
| Starting date |
December 2003 |
| Contact information |
Joseph Finkelstein, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| Notes |
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