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Prospective Aerobic Reconditioning Intervention Study

NCT01113840 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 201

Last updated 2019-02-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is :

* To determine if aerobic exercise conditioning can improve symptoms, cardiovascular function and quality of life in elderly patients with congestive heart failure.
* To describe the baseline clinical characteristics, cardiovascular function and neurohumoral function in elderly patients with congestive heart failure.
* To determine the specific cardiovascular and noncardiovascular mechanisms by which symptoms and quality of life may improve following exercise conditioning in elderly patients with congestive heart failure.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise

Exercise classes three times per week in a controlled, supervised environment.

BEHAVIORAL

Control

Control group continues daily life as prior to randomization.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • National Institute on Aging (NIA)

    collaborator NIH

  • Wake Forest University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dalane W Kitzman, MD · Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1993-07-31
Primary Completion
2004-12-31
Completion
2009-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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