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Rehabilitation Program in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

NCT01914315 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1100

Last updated 2014-11-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this prospective study is to determine whether comprehensive cardiac rehabilitation is superior to usual disease management in the treatment of patients with heart failure with preserved systolic function (HFpEF) recently discharged after an acute heart failure event.

The investigators hypothesize that the addition of bi-weekly structured exercise training and interaction with medical personnel will lead to a greater reduction in all cause hospitalization and mortality while providing additional functional and clinical benefits such as exercise capacity, quality of life and well-being.

Furthermore the investigators seek to establish clinical, laboratory and echocardiographic predictors of hospital readmissions and cardiovascular events in the predefined HFpEF population.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Cardiac Rehabilitation

Patients will participate in a 6-month cardiac rehabilitation program, consisting of structured, 60-minutes, bi-weekly exercise training sessions according to a predefined protocol. Institutional activity will be complemented by 120 minutes weekly home exercise prescribed by specialist in cardiac rehabilitation. Exercise prescription will be based on a symptom limited exercise test when clinically feasible and according with the patients' functional capacity, medical history and physiological values obtained prior to exercise. Target heart rate will be set initial as 50-60% of heart rate reserve and gradually increased up to 80% of HRR. Aerobic exercise will be complemented by resistance training of low intensity.

OTHER

Internal Medicine

Following discharge, patients will return to the IM outpatient clinics at 2-4 weeks, 3, and 6 months for consultation. These scheduled consultations will comprise of history taking, recording of any new events, physical examination and recommendations as clinically indicated. Target values for blood pressure and glucose control will be in accordance with current guidelines and special emphasis given to management of fluid retention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Gertner Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • Sheba Medical Center

    lead OTHER_GOV

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-31
Primary Completion
2016-01-31
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • Israel

Study Locations

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