Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 6:55 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 6:55 PM
NCT ID:
NCT02998957
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Patients aged between 45 and 70 years, with a diagnose of COPD according to the GOLD guidelines.
2. Patients with one episode of hospitalization for COPD exacerbation in the past year, but not more than three episodes.
3. Smoking habit history of more than 10 packages-year.
4. Patients able to correctly understand and answer the modified Borg scale.
5. Patiens with an initial degree of dyspnoea with a score of at least 5 in the modified Borg scale.
6. Patients recruited for the study during the first 48 hours of their hospitalization.
7. Patients who accept to participate in the study and sign the informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Patients with any contraindication for transcutaneous electrical stimulation (patiens with pacemakers, skin injury in the application area ...).
2. Patiens with any cardiovascular, neurological or psychiatric disease that may affect the perception of dyspnea.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
45 Years
Maximum Age:
80 Years
Study:
NCT02998957
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT02998957