Status:
UNKNOWN
Exercise Training in Patients With Cardioverter-Defibrillators
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospital Tuebingen
Conditions:
Arrhythmia
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Exercise therapy has proven to be an effective additive therapy in patients with cardiovascular diseases. The prognostic value of physical activity is well established in patients with congestive hear...
Detailed Description
Detailed anamnesis and a clinical examination will be performed in order to determine the patient's eligibility for the study. The randomisation either to the exercise- or to the control-arm will be p...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- both gender at a minimum age of 18 years
- ICD-systems with "Cardiac-Compass" (Medtronic)-diagnostic feature
- ICD system implanted for at least three months
- congestive heart failure, NYHA II and III
- LVEF ≤ 40 %
- compensated state, optimized and stable pharmacological therapy at least for the last three months
- load capacity of at least 50 watt at baseline.
Exclusion
- unable or unwilling to give informed consent
- acute coronary syndrome during the past thirty days
- hemodynamically relevant valvular defect
- instable arterial hypertension
- severe COPD
- reduced work load capacity caused by instable angina pectoris, peripheral vascular, neurological or orthopaedic concomitant disease
- hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM)
- pulmonary-arterial hypertension (PAP systolic ≥ 60 mmHg).
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
November 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
100 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00754663
Start Date
May 1 2008
End Date
November 1 2009
Last Update
September 18 2008
Active Locations (1)
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University Clinic, Dept. of Cardiology
Tübingen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 72076