Value of 6-minute Walk Test in Grown Ups With Congenital Heart Defects (GUCH)

Completed

• Conditions: Congenital Heart Disease

• Registration Number: NCT02193243
• Lead Sponsor: Heinrich-Heine University, Duesseldorf

Brief Summary

The six-minute walk test is an established submaximal exercise test. Its role in examination of grown-up patients with congenital heart disease (GUCH) is not studied so far. Objective of this study was a comparison of the 6MWT with other established parameters of functional capacity, in grown-up patients with GUCH.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-06
• Study First Submitted: 2014-07-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-07-16
• Study First Posted: 2014-07-17
• Primary Completion: 2014-08
• Study Completion: 2014-08
• Status Verified: 2014-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-12-14
• Last Update Posted: 2014-12-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• congenital heart defect
• > 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

• mental or physical incapability of exercise testing
• non-cardiac limitations of physical capacity, as e.g. orthopedic diseases or febrile infections
• severe psychiatric diseases

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Ranges of six-minute walk distance (6MWD)	Baseline

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Heinrich Heine University Div. of Cardiology, Pulmonary Disease and Vasculae Medicine; 🇩🇪 Duesseldorf, Germany