Northern Board Beet Breathlessness Trial

Exercise Tolerance (Measured in Minutes) Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01610024
• Other study ID #: RDF001
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: Phase 1
• First received: May 30, 2012
• Last updated: June 25, 2013
• Start date: August 2012
• Est. completion date: November 2013

Study information

• Verified date: June 2013
• Source: Northern Health and Social Care Trust
• Contact: Wendy Anderson, MBBCh
• Phone: 0044 2894424000
• Email: Wendy.Anderson[@]northerntrust.hscni.net
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United Kingdom: National Health Service
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Hypothesis: Beetroot juice increases the exercise tolerance of patients with chronic lung disease.

Using the already established pulmonary rehabilitation model, we aim to split the group of 8 into 2 groups, each group taking 500ml of beetroot juice 24 hours before there class on alternate (differing) weeks to see if it improves their overall exercise tolerance.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 8
• Est. completion date: November 2013
• Est. primary completion date: October 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Already planned to attend the pulmonary rehabilitation class

Exclusion Criteria:

• Angina Prescribed regular nitrates, a resting heart rate >100bpm, a resting blood pressure <110 systolic, postural hypotension, prescribed PDE5 inhibitors.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Caregiver, Investigator)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Exercise Tolerance (Measured in Minutes)

Intervention

Dietary Supplement:
• Beetroot Juice
Give subjects 500ml beetroot juice in the 24 hour period prior to class begins. They will receive this during 3 of the 6 weeks

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	Antrim Area Hospital	Antrim	County Antrim

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Exercise Tolerance	Measuring incremental change in exercise tolerance between weeks of beetroot consumption and weeks of no beetroot consumption	6 weeks	No