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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN51615566
ISRCTN51615566
Completed
Not Applicable

A randomised controlled trial of the effect of exercise training on exercise capacity in older patients with heart failure

niversity of Dundee (UK)0 sites112 target enrollmentJuly 3, 2007

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Chronic heart failure
Sponsor
niversity of Dundee (UK)
Enrollment
112
Status
Completed
Last Updated
7 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

Registry
who.int
Start Date
July 3, 2007
End Date
August 5, 2010
Last Updated
7 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity of Dundee (UK)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Patients will be recruited from day hospital, heart failure and cardiology clinics
  • 1\. Patients aged 70 years or older
  • 2\. Diagnosis of chronic heart failure according to the European Society of Cardiology guidelines
  • 3\. Evidence of Left Ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction
  • 4\. In the New York Heart Association class II or III

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Aortic stenosis with peak gradient \>30 mmHg
  • 2\. Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) or Ventricular Fibrillation (VF) outside of the context of an acute myocardial infarction
  • 3\. Unstable angina
  • 4\. Unable to walk without human assistance
  • 5\. Atrial fibrilation with a ventricular rate of \>100/min
  • 6\. Currently enrolled in another trial

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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