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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN06900747
ISRCTN06900747
Completed
Not Applicable

Comparison of two physiotherapy rehabilitation programmes on the exercise capacity in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension: a randomised study

niversity Hospital Basel (Switzerland)0 sites36 target enrollmentJuly 15, 2010

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Pulmonary hypertension
Sponsor
niversity Hospital Basel (Switzerland)
Enrollment
36
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
July 15, 2010
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity Hospital Basel (Switzerland)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Patients with pulmonary hypertension diagnosed by right heart catheterisation (mean pulmonary pressure \[PAPm] \> 25 mmHg)
  • 2\. New York Heart Association (NYHA) III \- V
  • 3\. Walking distance (6\-minutes walk test) \> 150 meters
  • 4\. Patients with stable conditions on PH\-related medication (single, double or triple therapy)
  • 5\. In stable condition for at least 3 months

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Skeletal or muscular restrictions which make the training impossible
  • 2\. New occurrence of syncope
  • 3\. Concomitant neurological diseases
  • 4\. Patients with neoplastic diseases
  • 5\. Mental disability making a proper evaluation of the study impossible
  • 6\. Age \> 18 years \< 85
  • 7\. Rapid fatal disease

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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