Northern Board Beet Breathlessness Trial

Phase 1

• Conditions: Exercise Tolerance (Measured in Minutes)
• Interventions: Dietary Supplement: Beetroot Juice

• Registration Number: NCT01610024
• Lead Sponsor: Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Brief Summary

Hypothesis: Beetroot juice increases the exercise tolerance of patients with chronic lung disease.

Using the already established pulmonary rehabilitation model, we aim to split the group of 8 into 2 groups, each group taking 500ml of beetroot juice 24 hours before there class on alternate (differing) weeks to see if it improves their overall exercise tolerance.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2012-05-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-05-30
• Study First Posted: 2012-06-01
• Study Start: 2012-08
• Status Verified: 2013-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-06-25
• Last Update Posted: 2013-06-26
• Primary Completion: 2013-10
• Study Completion: 2013-11

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 8

Inclusion Criteria

• Already planned to attend the pulmonary rehabilitation class

Exclusion Criteria

• Angina Prescribed regular nitrates, a resting heart rate >100bpm, a resting blood pressure <110 systolic, postural hypotension, prescribed PDE5 inhibitors.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Beetroot	Beetroot Juice	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Exercise Tolerance	6 weeks	Measuring incremental change in exercise tolerance between weeks of beetroot consumption and weeks of no beetroot consumption

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Antrim Area Hospital; 🇬🇧 Antrim, County Antrim, United Kingdom