Actively Recruiting
Eccentric Resistance Training Among Individuals With Chronic Heart Failure
Led by Riphah International University · Updated on 2025-11-19
84
Participants Needed
2
Research Sites
136 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
To determine the effects of eccentric resistive training on ventricle functions and aerobic capacity as compared to a resistance and aerobic training among Heart failure (HF)
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Eccentric Resistance Training Among Individuals With Chronic Heart Failure
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Diagnosis of chronic heart failure and currently stable with optimal medical therapy
- Chronic heart failure with ejection fraction greater than 30%
- Patient able to safely perform lower limb exercise as assessed by six-minute walk test (6 MWT)
You will not qualify if you...
- Heart failure patients in acute phase or planned for immediate medical intervention
- Currently participating in cardiac rehabilitation
- New York Heart Association (NYHA) class IV heart failure symptoms
- Co-existing diseases such as asthma, COPD, or interstitial lung disease
- Symptomatic second or third degree heart block
- ECG showing uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmia
- Limited exercise ability due to neurological or orthopedic impairments of the legs (confirmed by 6 MWT)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 2 locations
1
Pakistan Railway Hospital
Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, Pakistan, 46000
Suspended
2
Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology
Rawalpindi, Punjab Province, Pakistan, 46000
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
M
Muhammad Iqbal Tariq, PhD*
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
OTHER
Number of Arms
3
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