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Telerehabilitation in Patients With Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Diseases

Study Purpose

The aim of the study is to determine the effectiveness of different exercise programs applied to 3 groups randomly formed in patients with fibrosing interstitial lung disease (FILD). Secondary purpose: To determine the feasibility and effectiveness of telerehabilitation in FILD cases.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms	No
Study Type An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes. An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes. Searching Both is inclusive of interventional and observational studies.	Interventional
Eligible Ages	18 Years - 75 Years
Gender	All

More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Being between the ages of 18-75.

- Have a diagnosis of fibrosing interstitial lung disease diagnosed according to the clinical diagnostic criteria of the American Thoracic and European Respiratory Societies (ATS-ERS).

- Presence of dyspnea on exertion Stable clinical state at the time of admission without infection or exacerbation in the previous 4 weeks.

- Ability to use a smart phone.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with severe comorbid diseases, unstable coronary artery disease, collagen vascular diseases and needing high flow oxygen therapy (˃ 3-4 L \min).

- history of effort-related syncope or any comorbidity (such as severe orthopedic or neurological deficits or unstable heart disease) that precludes exercise training.

- Participating in a pulmonary rehabilitation program within the past 12 months.

Trial Details

Trial ID: This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.	NCT05166057
Phase Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans. Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data. Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs. Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.	N/A
Lead Sponsor The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.	Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
Principal Investigator The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.	N/A
Principal Investigator Affiliation	N/A
Agency Class Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.	Other
Overall Status	Recruiting
Countries	Turkey
Conditions The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.	Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease, Telerehabilitation

Additional Details

The cases meeting the inclusion criteria will be randomized and divided into three groups, the groups will be named as Telerehabilitation Exercise Group (TGr), Video Group (VGr) and Standard pulmonary rehabilitation group (SGr).TGr will be given online exercises, synchronized 2 days a week, and a home program for 1 day, accompanied by a physiotherapist, via videoconference on the group smartphone.After 1 session of online simultaneous exercise training in the company of a physiotherapist via a smart phone videoconference to the VGr group, an exercise video including the exercises will be sent to participants and the patients will be asked to do exercises 3 days a week. The participants will be asked to keep an exercise diary and the status of the diaries will be followed by phone call once a week.The SGr group will be applied the pulmonary rehabilitation program with supervision in the hospital 2 days a week, and participants will be asked to do exercises at home for 1 day. The exercise period will be 8 weeks for both groups.Details of the exercises to be applied to the cases are as follows: The exercise program includes aerobic, resistance exercises and breathing exercises.

Arms & Interventions

Arms

Experimental: Telerehabilitation Group (TG)

TGr will be given online exercises, synchronized 2 days a week, and a home program for 1 day, accompanied by a physiotherapist, via videoconference on the group smartphone.

Experimental: Video Group (VGr)

After 1 session of online simultaneous exercise training in the company of a physiotherapist via a smart phone videoconference to the VGr group, an exercise video including the exercises will be sent and the participants will be asked to do exercises 3 days a week. The cases will be asked to keep an exercise diary and the status of the diaries will be followed by calling once a week.

Experimental: Standard pulmonary rehabilitation group (SGr)

The SGr group will be applied the pulmonary rehabilitation program with supervision in the hospital 2 days a week, and participants will be asked to do exercises at home for 1 day. The exercise period will be 8 weeks for both groups.

Interventions

Other: - Synchronized online telerehabilitation exercise program

Breathing exercises, inspiratory muscle training, peripheral muscle strengthening training and gait training will be applied to the patient by videoconference.

Other: - Videobased telerehabilitation exercise program

A video containing breathing exercises, inspiratory muscle training, peripheral muscle strengthening training and gait training will be given to the patient and will be asked to exercise regularly.

Other: - Hospital based outpatient exercise program

Breathing exercises, inspiratory muscle training, peripheral muscle strengthening training and gait training will be applied to the patient in the hospital..

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