Cardiopulmonary Testing in ME/CFS to Improve Diagnostic Accuracy

NCT02970240 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 33

Last updated 2020-11-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Circumstantial evidence suggests that patients diagnosed with myalgic encephalopathy/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) perform worse on day 2 in a 2-day consecutive cardiopulmonary exercise test (CPET). The aim of this study is to examine if CPET can distinguish between ME/CFS patients and healthy controls.

Conditions

  • Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Cardiopulmonary testing

A 2-day consecutive testing on an ergometer cycle

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The Glittre Clinic

    collaborator UNKNOWN
  • Oslo University Hospital

    collaborator OTHER
  • University of Oslo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Per O Iversen, MD · University of Oslo

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-06-30
Primary Completion
2019-04-30
Completion
2020-11-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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