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The Exercise Capacity and Quality of Life in the Patients With IPAH and Secondary PH

NCT02647060 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2018-07-11

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Summary

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is a progressive disease with high mortality rate, but due to the development of drugs, the prognosis of the disease has improved. However patients still have poor exercise capacity and decrease of the quality of life. Past studies have shown that idiopathic and secondary PH are different in etiology and prognosis. It is necessary to further understand the difference between exercise capacity and quality of life of these two types of patients.

Conditions

  • Hypertension, Pulmonary

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chien Meng-Yueh, PhD · School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, National Taiwan University

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-13
Primary Completion
2016-04-30
Completion
2016-11-19

Countries

  • Taiwan

Study Locations

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