Recruiting

My Lung Health Coach

Sponsor:

Women's College Hospital

Code:

NCT07027852

Conditions

Copd

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 40 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

My Lung Health Coach

Study Details

Brief summary:

Study Description: My Lung Health Coach (MLHC) is a virtual COPD education and self-management support program delivered through one-on-one sessions with a Certified Respiratory Educator (CRE) over 12 weeks. It includes six sessions that cover essential COPD topics such as: Basic COPD knowledge, Smoking cessation, Medications (inhalers, oxygen), Physical activity, Mental health and wellness, Vaccinations, Symptom self-management, Nutrition, Travel, and Long-term planning (including end-of-life care). The investigators have also developed a companion app to MLHC integrated into the electronic patient record that patients can access through their EPIC MyHealth app on the participants phones, tablets, or desktops. This study will evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of MLHC and the companion app.

Conditions

Copd

Study ID

NCT07027852

Start date

Jan 15, 2025

Status verified date

Jun, 2025

Completion date

Jun 5, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct 1, 2025

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 40 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Must be deemed to have capacity to provide informed consent;
2. Must sign and date the informed consent form;
3. Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures;
4. Be diagnosed with COPD as per a WCH Respirologist
5. Be 40 years or older
6. Be a current or ex-smoker
7. Preferred but not required: have a history of at least 1 COPD exacerbation (requiring prednisone or antibiotic use, or an urgent healthcare visit of any kind) in the previous 12 months

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Experienced a COPD exacerbation in the 4 previous weeks to study enrollment
2. Co-diagnosis of asthma by a WCH Respirologist
3. Significant co-morbidities that could interfere with program participation or terminal illness
4. Unwilling to download and use the Epic Care Companion app and has a unsuitable mobile device to do this
5. Pregnancy

Study Design

Enrollment

50 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Single Arm Behavioral

Study Description: My Lung Health Coach (MLHC) is a virtual COPD education and self-management support program delivered by a Certified Respiratory Educator (CRE) over 12 weeks. The investigators have also developed a companion app to MLHC integrated into the electronic patient record that patients can access through their EPIC MyHealth app. This study will evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of MLHC and the companion app.

Interventions

My Lung Health Coach

Virtual education and self-management program with companion application

Primary outcome measure

  • Feasibility (system use): Number of patients who started program over total offered, over one year. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • Feasibility (system use): Number of patients who completed program over total started, over one year. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • Feasibility (system use): Number of providers who referred patients to the program over total Number of providers, over approximately one year. [ Time Frame: 1 year ]
  • Effectiveness (clinical outcomes): Number of COPD-related outpatient visits [ Time Frame: outcomes will be collected prior to program commencement, at program completion (3 month), and at 6-month follow-up. ]
  • Effectiveness (clinical outcomes): Hospital admissions [ Time Frame: outcomes will be collected prior to program commencement, at program completion (3 month), and at 6-month follow-up. ]
  • Effectiveness (clinical outcomes): ED visits [ Time Frame: outcomes will be collected prior to program commencement, at program completion (3 month), and at 6-month follow-up. ]
  • Effectiveness (clinical outcomes): ICU admissions (at baseline will be over the previous 12 months) [ Time Frame: outcomes will be collected prior to program commencement, at program completion (3 month), and at 6-month follow-up. ]
  • Effectiveness (clinical outcomes): COPD severity as measured by the COPD assessment test (CAT) [ Time Frame: outcomes will be collected prior to program commencement, at program completion (3 month), and at 6-month follow-up. ]
  • Effectiveness (clinical outcomes): Medication [ Time Frame: outcomes will be collected prior to program commencement, at program completion (3 month), and at 6-month follow-up. ]
  • Effectiveness (clinical outcomes): Referrals: pulmonary rehab [ Time Frame: outcomes will be collected prior to program commencement, at program completion (3 month), and at 6-month follow-up. ]
  • Effectiveness (clinical outcomes): Referrals: smoking cessation counseling [ Time Frame: outcomes will be collected prior to program commencement, at program completion (3 month), and at 6-month follow-up. ]
  • Effectiveness (clinical outcomes): Referrals: specialist care [ Time Frame: outcomes will be collected prior to program commencement, at program completion (3 month), and at 6-month follow-up. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Andrew Kouri, MD

(416) 323-6400andrew.kouri@wchospital.ca

kinza ahmed, Bsc

6478941963kinza.ahmed@wchospital.ca

Locations

Womens College Hospital

Recruiting

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5S 1B2

Contacts

Andrew Kouri, MD

4163236400andrew.kouri@wchospital.ca

Principal Investigator:

Andrew Kouri, MD

More Information

Sponsor

Women's College Hospital

Last update posted

Jun 19, 2025

Last verified

Jun, 2025

Keywords

  • COPD
  • Telehealth
  • Telemonitoring
  • Respiratory

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Women's College Hospital on 2025-06-19.