Status:
COMPLETED
Effect of Nitrate-rich Beetroot Juice on Exercise Performance in Heart Failure Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Brooke Army Medical Center
Conditions:
Systolic Heart Failure
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Nitrate-rich beetroot juice supplementation has demonstrated reduced oxygen consumption and submaximal exercise performance in healthy adults. Investigation for similar effects in patients with heart ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Local institutional beneficiaries between the ages of 18 and 80
- Documentation of left ventricular systolic dysfunction with ejection fraction \< 40% by any modality within the past six months
- Documentation of New York Heart Association class II or III status.
Exclusion
- \> 80 years of age
- Unable to adequately or safely perform treadmill exercise
- Pulmonary disease deemed significant enough to be a limitation to exercise
- Greater than moderate stenotic or regurgitant valvular heart disease
- Presence of atrial fibrillation or other uncontrolled arrhythmias
- Uncompensated heart failure
- Continuously paced rhythms
- Pregnant females
- Chronic nitroglycerine use (oral isosorbide di or mono-nitrate, or topical nitroglycerine)
- Phosphodiesterase inhibitor (sildenafil or tadalafil) use within a week
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2012
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
12 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02223403
Start Date
October 1 2012
End Date
May 1 2014
Last Update
August 22 2014
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