Status:
UNKNOWN
Hypertension Approaches in the Elderly: a Lifestyle Study
Lead Sponsor:
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
Collaborating Sponsors:
Federal University of Pelotas
Conditions:
Hypertension
Eligibility:
All Genders
60+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Two-center randomized, parallel, controlled trial which will compare a pragmatic combined training program with a health education program in 184 older adults with hypertension. This study will last 1...
Detailed Description
The present protocol describes a randomized controlled trial that aims to evaluate blood pressure effects of a pragmatic combined training program, with low equipment needs, in comparison with a healt...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Hypertension diagnosis (through ambulatory blood pressure monitoring or medication use)
- Verified ability to exercise
- Unaltered pharmacological plan within previous 4 weeks
- Willingness to participate in any of interventions
Exclusion
- Inability or refusal to give written consent
- Myocardial infarction, revascularization proceedings, deep vein thrombosis
- Severe cardiovascular disease (class III or IV heart failure, uncontrolled arrhythmia, unstable angina, or use of implantable defibrillator
- Chronic pulmonary disease which requires the use of oxygen or steroidal therapy
- Incidence of cardiovascular event, hospitalization or other severe health-related event during the experimental period
- High alcohol consumption (over 14 doses per week)
- Renal disease needing dialysis
- Language, cognitive or hearing problems
- Plans of moving to another city during the study
- Living together with another person enrolled in the study
- Osteoarticular or muscular injuries or another health conditions which generate inability to carry on the interventions
- Progressive neurological disorders (Parkinson, multiple sclerosis, etc.)
- Cancer treatment in the past 2 years
- A medical report indicating exercise counterindication based cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 1 2020
Estimated Enrollment :
184 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03264443
Start Date
September 1 2017
End Date
August 1 2020
Last Update
February 12 2020
Active Locations (2)
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1
Universidade Federal de Pelotas
Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
2
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil