Actively Recruiting
A Study to Evaluate Breathing Muscle Training in Cardiac Rehab
Led by Mayo Clinic · Updated on 2025-07-16
42
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
260 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The purpose of this study is to understand if breathing muscle training combined with cardiac rehabilitation influences the blood flow and blood pressure response during exercise.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
A Study to Evaluate Breathing Muscle Training in Cardiac Rehab
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Adult 18 years and older
- English speaking
- Has a qualifying heart failure indication for center-based cardiac rehabilitation (Heart Failure Group)
- Adult 18 years and older
- English speaking
- Absence of pulmonary, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, neurologic, or orthopedic diseases (Healthy Control Group)
- Controls will be matched for age and sex
You will not qualify if you...
- Heart failure patients unable to engage in a regularly structured exercise training program as part of center-based outpatient cardiac rehabilitation
- Participants unable or unwilling to provide informed consent
- Uremia or history of allergy to iodides
- Impaired renal function
- Creatinine value greater than 1.3 mg/dL within past 6 months
- Diagnosis of liver disease
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Mayo Clinic in Rochester
Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
E
Eric Bruhn, MA
CONTACT
J
Joshua Smith
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
OTHER
Number of Arms
2
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