Exercise training for pulmonary arterial hypertensio

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Cardiovascular - Other cardiovascular diseases

• Registration Number: ACTRN12609000077268
• Lead Sponsor: Alfred Hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2009-01-30
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

Patients will be eligible for inclusion if they are are aged over 18 years and in New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II – III. Eligible patients will also be clinically stable and compensated on optimal medical therapy. Clinical stability will be defined as stable symptoms and no evidence of heart failure, a stable NYHA score and no changes in medical therapy over the last three months (16). Patients wth Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (IPAH) as well as those with Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) related to connective tissue disease, congenital heart disease, sarcoidosis or the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) will be eligible to participate. All patients will need to have had PAH confirmed on prior right heart catheterisation.

Exclusion Criteria

recent syncope (within the last three months) or comorbidities which would preclude participation in an exercise program

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified