• Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. · Mar 2017

    Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study

    Benefits of Long-Term Pulmonary Rehabilitation Maintenance Program in Severe COPD Patients: 3 Year Follow-Up.

    • Maria-Rosa Güell, Pilar Cejudo, Francisco Ortega, M Carmen Puy, Gema Rodríguez-Trigo, José Ignacio Pijoan, Lorea Martinez-Indart, Amaia Gorostiza, Khaled Bdeir, Bartolome Celli, and Juan B Galdiz.
    • 1 Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.
    • Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2017 Mar 1; 195 (5): 622-629.

    RationaleIn chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the benefits of pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) tend to wane over time. Whether maintenance techniques may help sustain the benefits achieved after completion of the initial PR program remains controversial.ObjectivesTo determine whether a long-term (3-yr) maintenance program after PR preserves the short-term effects on outcomes in patients with COPD.MethodsThis was a multicenter prospective randomized trial including 143 patients with moderate-severe COPD, with 3 years of PR maintenance following an 8-week outpatient PR program. Patients were randomized to maintenance intervention group (IG) and standard monitoring program or control group (CG). The effects on BODE index, 6-minute-walk test distance (6MWD), and health-related quality of life were compared at 12, 24, and 36 months.Measurements And Main ResultsA total of 138 (96.5%) completed the 8-week program. At this time, all outcomes (BODE, 6MWD, and health-related quality of life) showed clinically and statistically significant improvements (P ≤ 0.001). During the follow-up period, the magnitude of change in 6MWD differed between IG and CG (P = 0.042), with a slight initial increase in the IG during the first year and smaller decline afterward. The BODE index changes differed between baseline and measurements at Month 24 (P = 0.043). At 3 years, the adherence rate of IG patients was 66% and 17% for the CG group (P < 0.001).ConclusionsThis study shows a 2-year beneficial effect of a program of rehabilitation maintenance on the BODE index and 6MWD when compared with a standard strategy. This effect vanishes after the second year of follow-up. Clinical trial registered with www.clinicaltrials.gov (NCT 01090999).

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