Status:
WITHDRAWN
PRehabilitiation in Elective Frail and Elderly Cardiac Surgery PaTients
Lead Sponsor:
Ottawa Heart Institute Research Corporation
Conditions:
Coronary Artery Disease
Valvular Heart Disease
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Older and more frail adults are more often being referred for cardiac surgery. These patients are often in suboptimal health, and may be physically frail, malnourished, and have other conditions, such...
Detailed Description
Frailty is a common syndrome among older adults, defined as a "clinically recognizable state of increased vulnerability resulting from aging-associated decline in reserve and function". Fried defined ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients \>18 years of age
- Patients able to provide informed consent
- Patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery for either CABG, valve, or CABG + valve
- Patients who have an estimated wait time of at least 10 weeks.
- Patients who are either ≥65 years of age or classified as frail using Fried Frailty criteria or scoring at least 3 on the Clinical Frailty Scale
Exclusion
- Patients with current or recent unstable cardiac disease, defined as and of the following:
- CCS class IV angina,
- NYHA Class III or IV heart failure,
- Critical left main disease,
- hospitalization for arrhythmia within the last month
- Dynamic ventricular outflow obstruction
- Symptomatic exercise-induced arrhythmia
- Patients who are cognitively, geographically or physically unable to complete the PREHAB sessions
- Patients who, in the opinion of either their treating physician or the study investigators, should not participate in a pre-operative rehabilitation program.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 20 2018
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03399162
Start Date
May 20 2018
End Date
August 1 2019
Last Update
June 20 2019
Active Locations (1)
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University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1Y4W7