Trial reportBMJ open respiratory research2023
High-intensity non-invasive ventilation during exercise-training versus without in people with very severe COPD and chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure: a randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in BMJ open respiratory research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03803358 (The Effects of Non-invasive Ventilation During Cycle Exercise Within a 3-week Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program in COPD Patients With Chronic Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure - a Randomized Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effects of Non-invasive Ventilation During Cycle Exercise Within a 3-week Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program in COPD Patients With Chronic Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure - a Randomized Controlled Trial
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- The effectiveness of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation combined with rehabilitation training in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Therapeutic advances in respiratory diseasePooled it
- Rehabilitating the diaphragm: an integrated approach to intensive care unit-acquired dysfunction in critical illness-a narrative review.Acute and critical care · 2026Article
- ERS Congress 2025: highlights from the Allied Respiratory Professionals Assembly.ERJ open research · 2026Article
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12 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundPeople with very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using nocturnal non-invasive ventilation (NIV) for chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure (CHRF) experience reduced exercise capacity and severe dyspnoea during exercise training (ET). The use of NIV during ET can personalise training during pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) but whether high-intensity NIV (HI-NIV) during exercise is accepted and improves outcomes in these extremely physically limited patients is unknown. The aim of this trial was to determine if ET with HI-NIV during PR was more effective than without at improving exercise capacity and reducing dyspnoea during exercise.
methodsPatients with COPD, CHRF and nocturnal-NIV were randomised to supervised cycle-ET as part of PR with HI-NIV or without (control). Primary outcome was change in cycle endurance time (ΔCET
resultsTwenty-six participants (forced expiratory volume in 1 s 22±7%pred, PaCO
conclusionIn this small group of patients with very severe COPD requiring nocturnal NIV, participation in an ET-programme during PR significantly improved exercise capacity irrespective of HI-NIV use. Reported dyspnoea was in favour of HI-NIV. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT03803358.
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