Status:

TERMINATED

Rehabilitation, Quality of Life, and Exercise Tolerance in Patients With an ICD

Lead Sponsor:

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Conditions:

Heart Patients After ICD Implantation

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

RELAX-ICD Trial/Research Study; Quality of Life/Protocol No.P-KARE-01: A 3-month outpatient rehabilitation therapy and psychological counselling including informative talks with conventional therapy, ...

Detailed Description

University Hospital Inselspital Berne,Switzerland: Site Nr. 1 - Jean-Paul Schmid, MD, ... recruiting / Virga Jesseziekenhuis,Hasselt, Belgium: Site No. 2 - Paul Dendale,MD,.... recruiting / Medical Un...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • First ICD implant within past 12 weeks
  • Agrees to sign patient/partner informed consent

Exclusion

  • Angina pectoris CCS III \& IV
  • NYHA functional class IV
  • Inability to follow rehabilitation programme
  • Exercise limitations due to clinical condition
  • Symptomatic exercise-induced tachyarrhythmias
  • Any major non-cardiac condition that would adversely affect survival during study duration
  • Unable to comply to study procedures
  • Participates in a concurrent study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

End Date :

December 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00346112

Start Date

June 1 2006

End Date

December 1 2009

Last Update

November 9 2010

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University Hospital (Inselspital) Berne

Bern, Switzerland, 3010