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Exercise Training Study of Patients With Claudicatio Intermittens
Led by Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Updated on 2025-06-06
100
Participants Needed
14
Research Sites
104 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
N
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Lead Sponsor
S
Sykehuset i Vestfold HF
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The aim of the study is to evaluate whether walking capacity in patients with intermittent claudication is improved more by home-based 5+ exercise training than by current recommendations of daily walking.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Exercise Training Study of Patients With Claudicatio Intermittens
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Pain in the calves after 300 m or less measured on a treadmill
- Stable symptoms for 6 months or more
- Calf pain disappears within 5 minutes after stopping walking
- Ankle-Brachial index of 0.7 or lower at rest
- Using statins and antiplatelet drugs for at least 3 months
- Age over 18 years
- Signed informed consent
You will not qualify if you...
- Pain in hips or other areas outside the calves while walking
- Pain lasting more than 5 minutes after stopping walking
- Impossible to compress arteries when measuring Ankle-Brachial index or ABI lower than 0.4
- Using statins and antiplatelet drugs for less than 3 months
- Symptoms lasting less than 6 months
- Diabetes with HbA1c over 48 mmol/mol (6%)
- Revascularization within the last 6 months
- Calf pain after walking more than 300 m on a treadmill
- Reduced ankle mobility
- Reduced physical ability to perform treadmill test
- Age less than 18 years
- General health conditions impairing participation (including obesity, COPD, heart disease, arthrosis, inflammatory joint diseases)
- No signed informed consent
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 14 locations
1
Ålesund Sykehus
Ålesund, Norway
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2
Haukeland University Hospital
Bergen, Norway
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3
Vestre Viken, Drammen sykehus
Drammen, Norway
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4
Sykehuset Østfold Kalnes
Grålum, Norway
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5
Sykehuset Innlandet HF
Hamar, Norway
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6
Sørlandet Sykehus HF Kristiansand
Kristiansand, Norway
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7
Ahus University Hospital
Oslo, Norway
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8
Oslo university Hospital
Oslo, Norway
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9
Stavanger University Hospital
Stavanger, Norway
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10
St Olavs University Hospital
Trondheim, Norway
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11
Sykehuset i Vestfold HF
Tønsberg, Norway
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12
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Gothenburg, Sweden
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13
Linköping University Hiospital
Linköping, Sweden
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14
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden
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Research Team
E
Erney Mattsson, Professor
CONTACT
J
Joakim Nordanstig, Professor
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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