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Clinical Trials/NL-OMON33578
NL-OMON33578WithdrawnNot Applicable

The persisting effect of episodic exercise training in patients with chronic heart failure. - Exercise training in CHF patients/ PEP-HEART

Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis0 sites135 target enrollmentStarted: TBDLast updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Withdrawn
Sponsor
Enrollment
135

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 to 99 (—)

Inclusion Criteria

  • Inclusion criteria p 10
  • * Symptomatic systolic heart failure (documented clinical signs and symptoms of heart failure) documented for more than 3 months.
  • * Left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) less than 40% estimated by 2D echocardiography.
  • * New York Heart Association (NYHA) class: II and III.
  • * Age between 18- 80 years
  • * Clinically stable with regard to symptoms and optimal medical therapy for more than 2 weeks prior to inclusion.

Exclusion Criteria

  • exclusion criteria p 11
  • * Orthopedic, peripheral vascular or neurological disease limiting the ability to exercise
  • * Documented exercise-induced ischemia
  • * Documented exercise-induced ventricular tachycardia
  • * Poorly controlled cardiac arrhythmias
  • * Significant chronic pulmonary disease limiting the ability to exercise
  • * Uncontrolled hypertension
  • * Abnormal blood pressure response to exercise testing (systolic blood pressure >250 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure >120 mmHg.) Or blood pressure drop of > 20mmHg during baseline exercise test.
  • * Major anemia
  • * Aortic valve stenose
  • * Co morbidity that contraindicate exercise
  • * Terminal disease
  • * Patients who can*t speak/understand or read the Dutch language

Investigators

Sponsor
Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis

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