Exercise as a Life-long Medicine in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cardiovascular Diseases; Myocardial Infarction; Angina (Stable)
• Interventions: Behavioral: high-intensity exercise training; Behavioral: web-based follow-up program; Behavioral: usual care

• Registration Number: NCT02228603
• Lead Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Brief Summary

Exercise training is a core component in cardiac rehabilitation. Exercise adherence is, however, low after rehabilitation and the transition from supervised to unsupervised exercise is problematic for many patients with coronary artery disease. Therefore, it is important to provide extended services to improve exercise adherence and healthy lifestyle changes.

The aim of this study is to assess the effect of a time-limited intervention following out-patient cardiac rehabilitation on exercise adherence and cardiovascular risk reduction.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-08
• Study First Submitted: 2014-08-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-08-27
• Study First Posted: 2014-08-29
• Primary Completion: 2019-06-01
• Study Completion: 2019-06-01
• Status Verified: 2019-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-08-28
• Last Update Posted: 2019-08-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 161

Inclusion Criteria

• myocardial infarction, stable angina, heart surgery
• finished phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation
• clinically stable
• able to communicate in Norwegian
• able to do a maximal treadmill test

Exclusion Criteria

• unstable angina
• serious cardiac arrhythmia
• serious heart valve insufficiency
• heart failure
• any contraindication for high intensity exercise training
• participation in other exercise study
• pregnancy
• cognitive impairment
• drug abuse

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
high-intensity exercise	high-intensity exercise training	community-based group program: weekly supervised high-intensity exercise training during 8 weeks, followed by group counselling every third month for 12 months
web-based follow-up	web-based follow-up program	web-based follow-up program: home-based group will be followed up by mail and telephone calls the first 8 weeks, then every third month for 12 months
control	usual care	control group will receive usual care: information about recommended physical activity and healthy lifestyle

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
change in peak oxygen uptake	2 years	measured during exercise on treadmill (MetaMax Cortex/Innocor)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
physical activity	2 years	assessed by accelerometer SenseWear Armband Pro
quality of life	2 years	assessed by MacNew Health-related quality of life questionnaire
depression	2 years	assessed by Hospital anxiety and depression scale (HAD)

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Levanger Hospital; 🇳🇴 Levanger, Norway

St Olavs Hospital; 🇳🇴 Trondheim, Norway