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NCT Number: NCT02087670

Natriuretic Brain Pro-peptid Changes in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure Within a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

Evaluate pro-BNP levels, oxygen consumption, functional class, and quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure after participating in an exercise program and compare them baseline and 2 months, with another group who underwent an educational program.

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Key information

Conditions

Chronic Heart Failure Behavior Motor Activity

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Universidad de Antioquia

Medellín, Antioquia, 050010, Colombia

About this study

Clinical controlled trial with a double blinded with a aleatory number sequence as the randomization method, patients will be assigned to one of two groups, intervention program (supervises exercise program) and control group (community based exercise)

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients older than 18 years, diagnosed with heart failure (NYHA) II-IV for more than six months

Exclusion criteria

  • patients with NYHA functional class I, who had attended a cardiac rehabilitation program previously, patients with decompensated diabetes mellitus, hypertension difficult to control, ischemic heart disease in the last month, prior pulmonary embolism, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, restrictive lung disease , aortic stenosis, new episode of atrial fibrillation and musculoskeletal diseases that limit the performance of physical activity

Treatment and study plan

controlled, supervised exercise protocol

Other

exercise program within a cardiac rehabilitation program

exercise protocol no supervised

Other

Exercise program at the community

Primary outcomes

  1. Natriuretic Brain Pro-peptid

    Time frame: 8 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Oxygen Consumption

    Time frame: 8 weeks

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Grupo Rehabilitacion en Salud

Network

Collaborators

  • Clinica Las Americas

Registry information

Official study title

Natriuretic Brain Pro-peptid (Pro-BNP)Changes in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure Enroled in a Controlled, Supervised Exercise Protocol Within a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

Important dates

Study start
2005
Primary completion
2008
Study completion
2008
First posted
Mar 14, 2014
Registry last updated
Mar 10, 2016

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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