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Clinical Trials/NCT01939795
NCT01939795
Completed
Not Applicable

Effect of Physical Training Combined Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy in Heart Failure Patients

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital1 site in 1 country40 target enrollmentJanuary 2009
ConditionsHeart Failure

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Heart Failure
Sponsor
University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Enrollment
40
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Sympathetic nerve activity
Status
Completed
Last Updated
9 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

The investigators hypothesis that exercise training would potentiate the effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy in heart failure patients.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
January 2009
End Date
March 2015
Last Updated
9 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Thaís Simões Nobre Pires Santos

Phd student

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • QRS\> 150 ms or 120-150ms associated dyssynchrony
  • The etiology can be idiopathic, ischemic, hypertensive and Chagas' disease
  • Ejection fraction \<35%
  • The optimal pharmacological treatment for heart failure

Exclusion Criteria

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Patients with pulmonary diseases, neurological diseases, renal, skeletal muscle diseases
  • Patients with contraindications to implant a cardiac pacemaker
  • Pregnancy
  • New York Heart Association functional class IV
  • Atrial fibrillation

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Sympathetic nerve activity

Time Frame: 4 months

Sympathetic nerve activity will be assessed by microneurography

Secondary Outcomes

  • Peak oxygen consumption(4 months)
  • Muscle Blood Flow(4 months)
  • skeletal muscle strength(4 months)
  • Quality of life(4 months)
  • Blood inflammatory markers(4 months)

Study Sites (1)

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