Exercise as a Life-long Medicine in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease

Cardiovascular Diseases Clinical Trial

Official title:

How to Enhance Physical Activity After Cardiac Rehabilitation? A Randomised Controlled Study Comparing Two Follow-up Training Exercise Programs

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02228603
• Other study ID #: 2014/92
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 2014
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: August 2019
• Source: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Exercise training is a core component in cardiac rehabilitation. Exercise adherence is, however, low after rehabilitation and the transition from supervised to unsupervised exercise is problematic for many patients with coronary artery disease. Therefore, it is important to provide extended services to improve exercise adherence and healthy lifestyle changes.

The aim of this study is to assess the effect of a time-limited intervention following out-patient cardiac rehabilitation on exercise adherence and cardiovascular risk reduction.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 161
• Est. completion date: June 1, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: June 1, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• myocardial infarction, stable angina, heart surgery

• finished phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation

• clinically stable

• able to communicate in Norwegian

• able to do a maximal treadmill test

Exclusion Criteria:

• unstable angina

• serious cardiac arrhythmia

• serious heart valve insufficiency

• heart failure

• any contraindication for high intensity exercise training

• participation in other exercise study

• pregnancy

• cognitive impairment

• drug abuse

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Angina (Stable)
• Cardiovascular Diseases
• Infarction
• Myocardial Infarction

Intervention

Behavioral:
• high-intensity exercise training

• web-based follow-up program

• usual care

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Norway	Levanger Hospital	Levanger
Norway	St Olavs Hospital	Trondheim

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Norwegian University of Science and Technology	Levanger Hospital, St. Olavs Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Norway, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	change in peak oxygen uptake	measured during exercise on treadmill (MetaMax Cortex/Innocor)	2 years
Secondary	physical activity	assessed by accelerometer SenseWear Armband Pro	2 years
Secondary	quality of life	assessed by MacNew Health-related quality of life questionnaire	2 years
Secondary	depression	assessed by Hospital anxiety and depression scale (HAD)	2 years