Using Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test as an Incentive to Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation for Acute Coronary Syndrome Survivors.

NCT05401240 | Active Not Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: CE22225A
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 200
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation is a class I recommendation for acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients. However, participate rate of outpatient rehabilitation is quite low and remains a global issue. The study is to propose a strategy in order to encourage post-ACS patients to participate in the outpatient cardiac rehabilitation.

Conditions

Acute Coronary Syndrome

Keywords

cardiac rehabilitation; cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• the return rate

  patient that did return to the OPD for examination and cardiac rehabilitation

  scheduled appointment time, about 2 to 4 weeks after discharge

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• the adherence

  6 months after discharge

Study Arms (2)

CEPT informed

EXPERIMENTAL

the patient is informed and asked to returned to the outpatient department (OPD) in order to received cardiac rehabilitation, as well as to take an important examination (cardiopulmonary exercise testing) for his/her cardiorespiratory fitness.

Behavioral: information reveal

CPET not informed

NO INTERVENTION

the patient is asked to returned to the outpatient department (OPD) in order to received cardiac rehabilitation, but not informed about the cardiopulmonary exercise testing.

Interventions

information reveal BEHAVIORAL

the experimental group will be informed that there will be an important examination about his/her cardiopulmonary fitness condition at the outpatient department (OPD)

CEPT informed

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 20 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• acute coronary patients

You may not qualify if:

• acute illness that stayed in hospital for more than 2 weeks.
• patients who received surgical intervention
• severe complications (ex. respiratory failure, stroke, acute renal failure)
• contraindications of cardiopulmonary exercise testing
• patients who cannot perform the cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Taichung Veterans General Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Taichung, Taiwan, 407, Taiwan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Acute Coronary Syndrome

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Myocardial Ischemia; Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases; Vascular Diseases

Study Officials

• Yuchun Lee, MD

  Taichung Veterans General Hospital

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 29, 2022
• First Posted: June 2, 2022
• Study Start: September 1, 2023
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): July 30, 2026
• Last Updated: December 29, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TW (1)