Exercise as a Life-long Medicine in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease
How to Enhance Physical Activity After Cardiac Rehabilitation? A Randomised Controlled Study Comparing Two Follow-up Training Exercise Programs
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Brief 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.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable cardiovascular-diseases
Started Aug 2014
Longer than P75 for not_applicable cardiovascular-diseases
2 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
August 1, 2014
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 27, 2014
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 29, 2014
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2019
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
June 1, 2019
CompletedAugust 30, 2019
August 1, 2019
4.8 years
August 27, 2014
August 28, 2019
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
change in peak oxygen uptake
measured during exercise on treadmill (MetaMax Cortex/Innocor)
2 years
Secondary Outcomes (3)
physical activity
2 years
quality of life
2 years
depression
2 years
Study Arms (3)
high-intensity exercise
EXPERIMENTALcommunity-based group program: weekly supervised high-intensity exercise training during 8 weeks, followed by group counselling every third month for 12 months
web-based follow-up
ACTIVE COMPARATORweb-based follow-up program: home-based group will be followed up by mail and telephone calls the first 8 weeks, then every third month for 12 months
control
OTHERcontrol group will receive usual care: information about recommended physical activity and healthy lifestyle
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- 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
You may not qualify if:
- 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
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Norwegian University of Science and Technologylead
- St. Olavs Hospitalcollaborator
- Helse Nord-Trøndelag HFcollaborator
Study Sites (2)
Levanger Hospital
Levanger, Norway
St Olavs Hospital
Trondheim, Norway
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Asbjørn Støylen, prof
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 27, 2014
First Posted
August 29, 2014
Study Start
August 1, 2014
Primary Completion
June 1, 2019
Study Completion
June 1, 2019
Last Updated
August 30, 2019
Record last verified: 2019-08