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

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00670176

Enrollment

Registered

2008-05-01

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

2005-06-30

Last updated

2008-05-01

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Conditions

Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Brief 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

Interventions

BEHAVIORALREHAB (Pre- and postoperative cardiopulmonary rehabilitation)

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* All CAB patients

Exclusion criteria

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
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

Measure	Time frame
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.	—

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026