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Surviving Aneurysm Surgery: A Pilot Study on Exercise Training in Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Patients

NCT01805973 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2020-05-26

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Summary

An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is an enlargement or ballooning of the main artery supplying high pressure blood from the heart to the body. AAAs may continue to stretch until they burst (rupture) causing 7000 deaths per year in the United Kingdom (UK); 2.1% of all deaths in men over 65. Planned repair before rupture is critical and the National AAA Screening Programme (NAAASP) is being introduced to identify AAAs in men before rupture. Screening will identify over 9000 men per year with a previously undiagnosed AAA. More than 90% of screen detected AAAs are small, do no require repair, enter ultrasound follow-up (surveillance) and may benefit from exercise to improve fitness before repair.

Over 4000 elective AAA repairs per year are performed in the UK and it has been suggested that exercise training and weight loss may reduce mortality and complications of AAA repair. This pilot study will examine the feasibility of supervised exercise training for patients with AAAs and determine the optimal duration of training to achieve worthwhile improvements in fitness.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise Training

Patients will participate in a supervised exercise training programme for 18 weeks. Patients will participate in a 50 minute exercise regime three times a week.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Manchester

    collaborator OTHER

  • Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Charles M McCollum, MD · Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
50 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-06-30
Primary Completion
2013-12-31
Completion
2014-05-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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