Value of 6-minute Walk Test in Grown Ups With Congenital Heart Defects (GUCH)

The Diagnostic Value of Six-Minute Walk Test in Grown-Up Patients With Congenital Heart Disease (GUCH)

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02193243

Enrollment

100

Registered

2014-07-17

Start date

2013-06-30

Completion date

2014-08-31

Last updated

2014-12-16

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Conditions

Congenital Heart Disease

Keywords

Congenital Heart Disease, Six Minute Walk Test, Exercise Testing, Peak oxygen uptake

Brief summary

The six-minute walk test is an established submaximal exercise test. Its role in examination of grown-up patients with congenital heart disease (GUCH) is not studied so far. Objective of this study was a comparison of the 6MWT with other established parameters of functional capacity, in grown-up patients with GUCH.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* congenital heart defect * \> 18 years

Exclusion criteria

* mental or physical incapability of exercise testing * non-cardiac limitations of physical capacity, as e.g. orthopedic diseases or febrile infections * severe psychiatric diseases

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Ranges of six-minute walk distance (6MWD)	Baseline

Countries

Germany

Outcome results