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Exercise After an ICD

NCT00522340 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2014-11-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

An implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) is a small device that is surgically implanted in the chest or abdomen and uses electrical pulses or shocks to help control life-threatening, irregular heartbeats. Increasing aerobic exercise may provide health benefits to people with ICDs. This study will examine the effects of an exercise program on heart and lung function in people who have an ICD.

Conditions

  • Defibrillators, Implantable
  • Heart Failure, Congestive

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Aerobic Exercise Program

Home walking 1 hour a day for 5 days/week for 8 weeks. Then 30 minutes a day on all or most days of the week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Cynthia Dougherty, ARNP, PhD · University of Washington

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-11-30
Primary Completion
2014-06-30
Completion
2014-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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