Pre- and Postoperative Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Reduces Complications After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Randomized Trial

Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Clinical Trial

Official title:

Pre- and Postoperative Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Reduces Complications After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Randomized Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00670176
• Other study ID #: ICSC01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 29, 2008
• Last updated: April 30, 2008
• Est. completion date: June 2005

Study information

• Verified date: April 2008
• Source: Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: National Committee of Ethics in Research
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Pre- and postoperative cardiopulmonary rehabilitation reduces complications after coronary artery bypass surgery. This study was conducted as a randomized trial to verify this hypothesis in our institution. ICSC

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 56
• Est. completion date: June 2005
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All CAB patients

Exclusion Criteria:

• SCA in the previous 24h and incapacity of doing light exercise. Valvular patients

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Intervention

Behavioral:
• REHAB (Pre- and postoperative cardiopulmonary rehabilitation)

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina	ICSC

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	length of stay in the ICU (in minutes); days on the ward after ICU until hospital discharge; pneumonia with the need for antibiotic treatment; and atrial fibrillation or flutter detected on daily-performed electrocardiograms
Secondary	time until oro-tracheal tube (OTT) removal, occurrence of pleural effusion, atelectasis, change in peak-flow (baseline vs. 2 hours after extubation vs. discharge), and changes in the 6-minute-walking distance between enrollment and hospital discharge.