Status:

COMPLETED

Exercise In Critical Limb Ischaemia Patients Having Surgery Proof of Concept

Lead Sponsor:

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Conditions:

Critical Limb Ischemia

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Patients with critical limb ischaemia (CLI) are at risk of losing their limb and/or life and therefore have no option but to undergo bypass or amputation surgery. This presents a major physical challe...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 18 years old or over
  • Willing to participate and able to give written informed consent
  • Clinical diagnosis of critical limb ischaemia or Fontaine Class III-IV or Rutherford Class 4-6
  • Admitted to the vascular surgical ward for lower limb surgery

Exclusion

  • Patients presenting who have diabetes are presenting with acute limb ischaemia with no history of PAD
  • Cognitive Impairment as demonstrated by not being able to safely follow instructions.
  • Unable to understand or read English
  • Absolute contraindications to exercise including:-
  • Acute MI
  • Ongoing unstable angina
  • Uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia with hemodynamic compromise
  • Active endocarditis
  • Symptomatic severe aortic stenosis
  • Decompensated heart failure
  • Acute pulmonary embolism, pulmonary infarction, or deep vein thrombosis
  • Acute myocarditis or pericarditis
  • Acute aortic dissection
  • Physical disability that precludes safe and adequate exercise as determined by the clinical team
  • Contraindications to IMT including:-
  • A history of spontaneous pneumothrorax (ie not due to traumatic injury)
  • A pneumothorax due to traumatic injury that has not fully healed
  • A burst eardrum that has not fully healed or any other condition of the eardrum
  • Unstable asthma and abnormally low perception of dyspnoea

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 3 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 31 2020

Estimated Enrollment :

25 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04043078

Start Date

August 3 2019

End Date

July 31 2020

Last Update

August 31 2020

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Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Hull, United Kingdom, HU3 2JZ