Status:
COMPLETED
A Randomized Trial of Effect of Low-Cost Maintenance Training on Exercise Capacity, Quality of Life and Morbidity
Lead Sponsor:
Amager Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
Bispebjerg Hospital
University of Copenhagen
Conditions:
Chronic Heart Failure
Eligibility:
All Genders
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The aim of the study is to determine whether a low-cost home-based training programme can maintain the achieved effect of physical training on exercise capacity and QOL in patients with Chronic Heart ...
Detailed Description
Guidelines recommend physical training in the treatment of patients with CHF. Several studies have demonstrated that even short-term training programmes can increase maximal oxygen intake, improve mus...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- NYHA II-IV
- Ejection Fraction ≤45% assessed by echocardiography within the last 6 months
- Optimal medical treatment according to guidelines
- Informed consent -
Exclusion
- Hæmodynamically significant obstructive heart valve disease
- Hæmodynamically significant valve insufficiency
- Recent Myocardial infarction (8 weeks)
- Significant arrythmia at exercise testing (NSVT, VT, VF or SVT with ventricular action \>150)
- Significant ischaemia or angina at low strain(£ 50 W)
- Disabilities that render physical training impossible
- Dementia
- Serious other illness with expected shortened survival
- Participation in other scientific protocols that do not allow participation
- Lack of informed consent
- If the patient cannot train in a team supervised by only one physiotherapist, e.g. due to poor balance, the patient can be excluded within the first two weeks of inclusion.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
160 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00214513
Start Date
June 1 2004
End Date
July 1 2006
Last Update
May 17 2007
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Amager Hospital
Copenhagen, Denmark, 2300 S