Status:

TERMINATED

Rehabilitation in Patients With Congenital Heart Disease

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Conditions:

Heart Defects, Congenital

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Exercise intolerance is a major burden for patients with complex congenital heart disease (CHD), significantly affecting their quality of life. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing provides a reliable too...

Detailed Description

This is a randomized, prospective, multicenter, interventional study. After study patients have given written consent they will be randomized either in the interventional group with a rehabilitation ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with complex CHD including cyanotic heart disease, subaortic right ventricle physiology, single ventricle physiology, Ebstein anomaly with ≥ moderate tricuspid regurgitation and patients with Tetralogy of Fallot (including those with pulmonary atresia of Fallot type or double-outlet right ventricle of Fallot type) and either residual free pulmonary regurgitation or left- or right ventricular systolic dysfunction (demonstrated by echocardiography or cardiac MRI).
  • Peak VO2 \< 85% of predicted (standardized for age, gender, weight and height) obtained by cardiopulmonary exercise testing
  • Sedentary lifestyle (\< 30 minutes of regular exercise per week)

Exclusion

  • Patients with dyspnea New York Heart Association (NYHA) class IV.
  • Severe left ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
  • Unstable angina or recent myocardial infarction (\<12 months).
  • Uncontrolled ventricular arrhythmia.
  • Recent intervention (\<12 months)
  • Life expectancy \<12 months
  • No consent.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2017

Estimated Enrollment :

28 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01463800

Start Date

May 1 2011

End Date

January 1 2017

Last Update

October 2 2017

Active Locations (4)

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1

Virgen Macarena University Hospital

Seville, Spain

2

University Hospital Basel

Basel, Switzerland, 4052

3

Inselspital Bern

Bern, Switzerland, 3010

4

University Hospital Zurich

Zurich, Switzerland, 8091