Short term effects of exercise training on exercise capacity and quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12609000502235

Enrollment

Registered

2009-06-23

Start date

2009-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This randomised controlled trial will determine whether a 12 week, outpatient, supervised exercise training program, followed by a home-based maintenance exercise program, is safe and improves exercise capacity and quality of life (QoL) in patients with PAH.

Interventions

exercise training with a focus on endurance training; 12 week program of three times per week attendance (1hr per session)

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Idiopathic or familial PAH WHO functional class II and III Medically stable On PAH-specific medication for at least 3 months prior to enrolment Able/willing to attend an exercise class and continue with a home exercise program

Exclusion criteria

PAH associated with connective tissue diseases Require oxygen therapy Significant musculoskeletal, neurological or cognitive impairments that limit the ability to perform in a class environment Involvement in a supervised exercise program within the last 12 months

Outcome results