Aneurysm care trial - cardiac rehabilitation after aneurysm repair
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Topic: Cardiovascular diseaseSubtopic: Cardiovascular (all Subtopics)Disease: CardiovascularCirculatory System
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN65746249
- Lead Sponsor
- St George's University of London (UK)
- Brief Summary
2015 protocol in: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25873189
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 68
Inclusion Criteria
All patients who undergo elective repair of a thoracic or abdominal aortic aneurysm at St George`s Vascular Institute or Leicester Royal Infirmary and are discharged alive from hospital during the study recruitment period will be eligible for entry
Exclusion Criteria
1. Under age 50
2. Unable or unwilling to consent
3. Deemed not medically fit enough for rehab programme by lead CR nurse
4. Unwilling or unable to attend the CR sessions
5. Anyone undergoing expedited or emergent surgical intervention for ruptured or symptomatic aortic aneurysms
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. The number of patients surviving aneurysm repair that agree to enroll in an RCT of rehabilitation vs standard therapy, to establish the proportion of those approached who agree to consent to entry to the CR programme<br> 2. The level of compliance with cardiac rehabilitation (CR) therapy and attendance of the scheduled sessions<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method