Study on Heart Rate Variability in Cardiac Transplant Recipients With Exercise and After Exercise Training

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01760538

Enrollment

Registered

2013-01-04

Start date

2001-08-31

Completion date

2003-09-30

Last updated

2013-01-04

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Conditions

Cardiac Transplant Disorder

Keywords

Cardiac transplant recipients, Heart rate variability, Exercise training

Brief summary

The purpose of the study was to investigate the changes on heart rate variability, exercise capacity, activities of daily living, and quality of life after aerobic exercise training in cardiac transplant recipients.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALExercise training

exercise training

BEHAVIORALusual care

received usual medical care after heart transplantation

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

MALE

Age

20 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Heart transplant recipients with stable post operation condition * Age between 20-70 years * No acute or severe chronic rejection

Exclusion criteria

* Any condition that might affect exercise performance

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Heart rate variability	8 weeks	R-R interval difference

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Exercise capacity	8 weeks	oxygen consumption
Quality of life	8 weeks	This outcome measures how good life the patients have

Countries

Taiwan

Outcome results

None listed

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