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Clinical Trials/NCT06824805
NCT06824805CompletedNot Applicable

Hypertension, Ethnicity and Exercise Trial

KU Leuven1 site in 1 country60 target enrollmentStarted: June 1, 2020Last updated:
Conditions
Interventions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
KU Leuven
Enrollment
60
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
office blood pressure at 30 minutes post exercise

Study Overview

Brief Summary

The main aim of this study is to investigate the acute effects of a single bout of isometric handgrip exercise (IHG) and a single bout of aerobic endurance exercise (AEX) on blood pressure, both immediately after exercise and during the subsequent activities of daily living in patients with high-normal to grade 1 hypertension of South-Asian or African descent living in Suriname.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Crossover
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
Single (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • •• Age 18 - 65 years
  • •Patients with high- normal BP (SBP: 130 - 139 mmHg or and DBP: 85 - 89 mmHg) or stage I hypertension (SBP: 140 - 159 mmHg or DBP: 90 - 99 mmHg) according to the ESC/ESH guidelines [15]
  • •Asian or African descent
  • •Do not meet the level of physical activity recommended by the WHO based on self-report [15]
  • •Non-medicated patients or patients using a maximum of 2 antihypertensive drugs

Exclusion Criteria

  • •• Functional or mental limitation limiting the correct execution of an exercise bout
  • •History of ischemic stroke, autonomic neuropathy, cardiovascular, renal, or pulmonary disease by self-report
  • •Diabetes type I or II
  • •Pregnancy
  • •The presence of exercise induced signs of myocardial ischemia or complex ventricular arrhythmia during CPET
  • •Patients using three or more antihypertensive drugs or patients with resistant hypertension

Arms & Interventions

control

No Intervention

seated control session

isometric handgrip exercise

Active Comparator

4x2 minutes of isometric handgrip exercise

Intervention: Exercise (Behavioral)

Aerobic exercise

Experimental

aerobic exercise at 40-60% HRres

Intervention: Exercise (Behavioral)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

office blood pressure at 30 minutes post exercise

Time Frame: 30 minutes postexercsie

office blood pressure at 30 minutes post exercise

Secondary Outcomes

  • daytime blood pressure(mean of 8 hours after the intervention)

Investigators

Sponsor
KU Leuven
Sponsor Class
Other
Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Véronique Cornelissen

Professor

KU Leuven

Study Sites (1)

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