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Exercise in Patients With a Biventricular Pacemaker

NCT00905944 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2009-12-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The investigators will evaluate the effects of an exercise program (walking on a treadmill) on the physical performance, the cardiorespiratory function, the proclivity to heart arrhythmias and the quality of life of patients with severely impaired left ventricular function and a bi-ventricular resynchronization pacemaker.

Conditions

  • Left Ventricular Failure

Interventions

OTHER

Endurance exercise

The patients carry out an exercise program (walking on a treadmill) three times weekly for 12 weeks at a speed corresponding with an intensity of 70% of VO2max.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Charite University, Berlin, Germany

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Fernando Dimeo, MD · Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-12-31
Primary Completion
2009-12-31
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • Germany

Study Locations

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