Status:
COMPLETED
Resistance Exercise Program and Branched Chain Amino Acid Supplementation in Heart Failure Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
Conditions:
Heart Failure
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Heart Failure (HF) is a complex syndrome which can include the physiological, neural hormonal and metabolic complications known as "Cardiac Cachexia" (CC). In the development of CC there is a release ...
Detailed Description
Heart failure (HF) is a complex syndrome which results from structural and/or functional alterations that limit the ability to respond to physiological demands(1,2).These abnormalities involve metabol...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- More than 18 years
- Confirmed stable heart failure (2)
Exclusion
- No myocardial revascularization
- Unstable angina or stroke in the previous 3 months
- With no other chronic illness which contributed to loss of muscle mass (arthritis, renal failure, cancer, HIV) previous study inclusion
- Extra cardiac conditions that made patients unable to perform exercise
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
66 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT02240511
Start Date
August 1 2011
End Date
August 1 2013
Last Update
September 15 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán
Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico, 14000