Effectiveness of Pollution Monitoring in Clinical Exercise Rehabilitation
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Leicester
About this trial
The primary objective of EPIC-AIR is to evaluate the feasibility and potential effectiveness of integrating real-time air pollution monitoring into CR and PR programmes via an online platform that delivers both exercise prescription and air pollution guidance. Specific objectives are: (1) to determine whether access to real-time air quality data reduces personal pollution exposure (PM2.5, PM10, NO2) during outdoor physical activity in CR/PR patients and healthy volunteers; (2) to evaluate the usability and acceptability of the platform in a clinical rehabilitation context; (3) to assess the feasibility of the trial design, including recruitment, randomisation, retention, and adherence rates; (4) to measure the impact of the intervention on physical activity levels, health-related quality of life, and cardiovascular biomarkers; and (5) to inform the design and sample size of a future definitive randomised controlled trial.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Cohort A: Patients with long-term conditions Inclusion criteria for Cohort A are: male or female adults aged ≥18 years; clinical diagnosis of one or more of asthma, COPD, interstitial lung disease (ILD), coronary heart disease (CHD), or heart failure (HF), and signed off for exercise rehabilitation by a clinician; ownership of a GPS-enabled smartphone with internet access; ability to walk outdoors for a minimum of 5 minutes without feeling uneasy or unsteady; availability to complete the 13-week intervention within the recruitment window (February-May 2026); willingness and ability to give informed consent; and willingness to wear a Fitbit device for >70% of the study duration.
Inclusion criteria for Cohort B are identical to Cohort A, with the exception that participants must have no diagnosis of asthma, COPD, ILD, CHD, or HF.
Disqualifiers
Exclusion criteria for both cohorts are: diagnosis of dementia, learning disability, severe mental health disorders (excluding depression or anxiety), or epilepsy; receiving palliative care; insufficient English language ability to understand study documentation and use the platform; having been advised not to exercise by a healthcare professional within the past 12 months; currently pregnant; presence of chest pain at rest; and marked unsteadiness when standing or walking.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Progressive Walking Exercise Programme
Treatment groups
80 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsLocations
Sponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov