# A Novel Incremental Step Test as an Alternative for the Assessment of Exercise Capacity in Patients With COPD

> **NCT04715659** · — · UNKNOWN · sponsor: **Polytechnic Institute of Porto** · enrollment: 50 (estimated)

## Conditions studied

- COPD

## Interventions

- **DIAGNOSTIC_TEST:** Performance of step test (number of steps) for the assessment of exercise capacity

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04715659
- **Lead sponsor:** Polytechnic Institute of Porto
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** —
- **Study type:** OBSERVATIONAL
- **Status:** UNKNOWN
- **Start date:** 2021-01-04
- **Primary completion:** 2021-07-30
- **Final completion:** 2023-12-31
- **Target enrollment:** 50 (ESTIMATED)
- **Last updated:** 2023-05-09

## Collaborators

- [object Object]

## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04715659

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04715659, "A Novel Incremental Step Test as an Alternative for the Assessment of Exercise Capacity in Patients With COPD". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04715659. Licensed CC0.

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