A TRIAL TO COMPARE TWO METHODS OF DELIVERING OXYGEN TO COPD PATIENTS

这个子项目是利用由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供的资源的许多研究子项目之一。子项目和调查员(PI)可能从另一个NIH来源获得了主要资金，因此可能会出现在其他CRISE条目中。列出的机构是针对中心的，而不一定是针对调查员的机构。我们正在招募需要补充氧气的COPD患者，他们通过E钢瓶接受便携式氧气系统。这些受试者将被随机分为两组，要么继续使用E钢瓶，要么使用M06D碳纤维钢瓶给他们提供小型、轻型的可移动氧气系统。主要结果将是确定这两组人中是否有一组每周使用氧气的时间更长。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject and investigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source, and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed is for the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator. We are recruiting COPD patients requiring supplemental oxygen who receive their portable oxygen system by E-cylinders. These subjects will be randomized to either remain using E-cylinders or will be given small, lightweight ambulatory oxygen systems using M06D carbon fiber cylinders. The primary outcome will be to determine whether either group uses oxygen for more hours per week.