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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN50861407
ISRCTN50861407
Completed
Not Applicable

Development and evaluation of an exercise intervention programme to improve cardiovascular fitness and vascular responses in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: an interventional single-blinded randomised-controlled study

Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)0 sites50 target enrollmentJanuary 16, 2009

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Enrollment
50
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
January 16, 2009
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UK)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (both genders, aged greater than 18 years of age)
  • 2\. Informed consent
  • 3\. Sedentary lifestyle (no participation in structured exercise for the preceding 6 months)
  • 4\. Stable disease (no changes in disease\-modifying anti\-rheumatic drugs \[DMARDs] \- including biologics \- or oral steroids and no parenteral steroid administration in the last 3 months)

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Recent joint surgery (in the preceding 6 months)
  • 2\. Amputation
  • 3\. Recent DMARD or oral steroid changes (in the preceding 3 months)
  • 4\. Parenteral steroid administration (in the preceding 3 months)
  • 5\. Co\-morbidity incompatible with exercise as per American College of Sports Medicine guidelines

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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