Status:
COMPLETED
Continuous Versus Interval Training in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: FRAXIO Study
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospital, Limoges
Conditions:
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The benefits of cardiac rehabilitation have been clearly demonstrated. In particular exercise training is recognized to be part of modern management after coronary artery disease. However methods of p...
Detailed Description
* Outline of the training program: Duration of the rehabilitation course is 7 or 10 weeks, 2 or 3 training sessions a week, 21 sessions altogether. Each training session consist in cycling on an ergom...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age \> 18 years
- Patient hospitalized at Limoges University Hospital, cardiology department, for acute coronary syndrome:
- with or without ST segment elevation
- with or without elevated troponin
- with or without revascularization
- Patients stabilized with medication without rest myocardial ischemia
- Left ventricular ejection fraction \>= 35% measured on echocardiography
- Patient who have signed and dated informed consent
- Patient who can do a maximal metabolic exercise test
Exclusion
- Contraindication for exercise testing:
- acute myocardial infraction \< 5 days
- unstable angina
- left main coronary stenosis
- uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmia
- uncontrolled symptomatic heart failure
- acute pulmonary embolism or phlebitis
- acute myocarditis, pericarditis or endocarditis
- patient's physical inability or refusal
- left ventricular thrombus after acute myocardial infarction
- pulmonary hypertension \> 60 mmHg
- uncontrolled arterial hypertension
- Age \< 18 years
- Patient revascularized by coronary artery bypass grafting after acute coronary syndrome
- Chronic supraventricular arrhythmias
- Impossible physical exercise
- Patient who can't understand the protocol or who refused to give his consent
- Patient who already attended a training program over the last 6 months
- Patient with difficult follow-up
- Current participation in another study
- Patient under guardianship
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
September 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
64 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00754533
Start Date
September 1 2008
End Date
September 1 2010
Last Update
September 8 2011
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