Status:

UNKNOWN

Effectiveness of Exercise Cardiac Rehabilitation

Lead Sponsor:

University of Oulu

Collaborating Sponsors:

Verve Research, Oulu, Finland

University of Eastern Finland

Conditions:

Cost-effectiveness of Exercise-based Rehabilitation Program

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The objective of this multidisciplinary study is to employ health-economic evaluation in determining the health benefits achieved with exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation and the costs derived from ...

Detailed Description

The cost-effectiveness of exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation has not been systematically studied earlier in Finland, and it is not justifiable to directly apply the results of studies done in other...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • The patients undergo coronary angiography and are diagnosed with coronary artery disease.

Exclusion

  • New York Heart Association (NYHA) class IV
  • heart failure
  • unstable chest pain (angina pectoris) at the time of randomization
  • severe peripheral atherosclerosis (intermittent claudication)
  • severe retinopathy or neuropathy related to diabetes.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2011

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2016

Estimated Enrollment :

300 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01916525

Start Date

February 1 2011

End Date

December 1 2016

Last Update

August 5 2013

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Verve

Oulu, Finland, 90101