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Trial reportBMC pulmonary medicine2016

A randomised controlled trial of supplemental oxygen versus medical air during exercise training in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: supplemental oxygen in pulmonary rehabilitation trial (SuppORT) (Protocol).

Jennifer A Alison, Zoe J McKeough, Sue C Jenkins, Anne E Holland, Kylie Hill, Norman R Morris, Regina W M Leung, Kathleen A Williamson, Lissa M Spencer, Catherine J Hill and 4 more

Open access · goldAbstract readComparative StudyMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report in BMC pulmonary medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Exercise and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

Jennifer A AlisonDiscipline of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. jennifer.alison@sydney.edu.au.
Zoe J McKeoughDiscipline of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. zoe.mckeough@sydney.edu.au.
Sue C JenkinsInstitute for Respiratory Health, Perth, Australia. S.Jenkins@curtin.edu.au.
Anne E HollandDiscipline of Physiotherapy, School of Allied Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. a.holland@alfred.org.au.
Kylie HillInstitute for Respiratory Health, Perth, Australia. k.hill@curtin.edu.au.
Norman R MorrisMenzies Health Institute and School of Allied Health Sciences, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia. m.morris@griffiths.edu.au.
Regina W M LeungDiscipline of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. regina.leung@sydney.edu.au.
Kathleen A WilliamsonDiscipline of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. kwil4851@uni.sydney.edu.au.
Lissa M SpencerDepartment of Physiotherapy, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia. lissa.spencer@sswahs.nsw.gov.au.
Catherine J HillInstitute for Breathing and Sleep, Melbourne, Australia. catherine.hill@austin.org.au.
Annemarie L LeeDepartment of Physiotherapy, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia. Annemarie.Lee@westpark.org.
Helen SealeThe Queensland Lung Transplant Service, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. helen_seale@health.qld.gov.au.
Nola CecinsDepartment of Physiotherapy, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Australia. Nola.cecins@health.wa.gov.au.
Christine F McDonaldInstitute for Breathing and Sleep, Melbourne, Australia. Christine.mcDonald@austin.org.au.
University of Sydney · AUInstitute for Breathing and Sleep · AUInstitute for Respiratory Health · AUAlfred Health · AUGriffith University · AULa Trobe University · AUPrince Charles Hospital · AURoyal Prince Alfred Hospital · AUSir Charles Gairdner Hospital · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOxygen desaturation during exercise is common in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The aim of the study is to determine, in people with COPD who desaturate during exercise, whether supplemental oxygen during an eight-week exercise training program is more effective than medical air (sham intervention) in improving exercise capacity and health-related quality of life both at the completion of training and at six-month follow up. METHODS/

designThis is a multi-centre randomised controlled trial with concealed allocation, blinding of participants, exercise trainers and assessors, and intention-to-treat analysis. 110 people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who demonstrate oxygen desaturation lower than 90 % during the six-minute walk test will be recruited from pulmonary rehabilitation programs in seven teaching hospitals in Australia. People with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on long term oxygen therapy will be excluded. After confirmation of eligibility and baseline assessment, participants will be randomised to receive either supplemental oxygen or medical air during an eight-week supervised treadmill and cycle exercise training program, three times per week for eight weeks, in hospital outpatient settings. Primary outcome measures will be endurance walking capacity assessed by the endurance shuttle walk test and health-related quality of life assessed by the Chronic Respiratory Disease Questionnaire. Secondary outcomes will include peak walking capacity measured by the incremental shuttle walk test, dyspnoea via the Dyspnoea-12 questionnaire and physical activity levels measured over seven days using an activity monitor. All outcomes will be measured at baseline, completion of training and at six-month follow up. DISCUSSION: Exercise training is an essential component of pulmonary rehabilitation for people with COPD. This study will determine whether supplemental oxygen during exercise training is more effective than medical air in improving exercise capacity and health-related quality of life in people with COPD who desaturate during exercise.

trial registrationAustralian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12612000395831, 5th Jan,2012.

Indexed as

AustraliaDouble-Blind MethodDyspneaExercise TestExercise TherapyExercise ToleranceForced Expiratory VolumeHealth StatusHumansIntention to Treat AnalysisOximetryOxygen Inhalation TherapyPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveQuality of LifeTreatment OutcomeVital Capacity

Identifiers

PMID26846438
PMCPMC4743111
OpenAlexW2296740091

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