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Exercise and Coronary Microvascular Disease

Effects of a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program on Health-related Quality of Life in Patients With Coronary Microvascular Disease.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05810051
Acronym
ExerciseCMD
Enrollment
204
Registered
2023-04-12
Start date
2023-07-31
Completion date
2027-10-15
Last updated
2026-01-20

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Coronary Microvascular Disease

Keywords

Exercise training

Brief summary

Exercise CMD is a prospective single-center, open-label, parallel arms randomized controlled trial. This trial aims to assess the impact of cardiac rehabilitation on top of optimal medical therapy on patient-reported outcomes in subjects with coronary microvascular disease and non-obstructive coronary artery disease. Patients will undergo a microvascular assessment using bolus thermodilution techniques and those with criteria for microvascular angina (IMR ≥ 25) will be invited to participate. Patients will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to either optimal medical therapy (OMT) or OMT plus a program of cardiac rehabilitations (CR). After randomization, spiro-ergometry and a SAQ-19 will be performed in all patients. Medical therapy will be standardized in both arms and the CR group will follow 36 sessions of the personalized physical training program of cardiac rehabilitation. Approximately 204 subjects (102 in each group) will be included at one site (OLV Aalst, Belgium). Clinical Follow-Up will be planned at 4 months. Patients with CCTA performed in standard of care will be invited for control CCTA 6 +/- 1 month after the invasive procedure.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALCardiac rehabilitation

The patients in this arm will be trained for 1 hour, 2 or 3 times per week for 36 sessions. In addition to the training program, the patients also get access to the cardiovascular educational program. The training (a 1h session) consists of 60% cardiovascular endurance training and 40% resistance training.

Sponsors

CoreAalst BV
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY
Abbott Medical Devices
CollaboratorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Non obstructive CAD (diameter stenosis \<50% visual or FFR \> 0.80) * Angina at presentation * Evidence of microvascular dysfunction (IMR ≥ 25)

Exclusion criteria

* Inability to give consent * Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) * Severe valve disease * Permanent AF * History of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) * Cardiomyopathies * Intolerance to adenosine * Hemodynamic instability * Not able to exercise

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Mean change in health-related Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ19) between baseline and 4 months4 MonthsMean change in health-related quality of life questionnaire as assessed by the Seattle Angina Questionnaire 19, between baseline and 4 months (SAQ-19 Summary Score) with a maximum score of 100 representing a good quality of life.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Mean change in Seattle Angina Questionnaire (SAQ19)frequency score between baseline and 4 months4 MonthsMean change in the Seattle Angina Questionnaire frequency score between baseline and 4 months with a maximum score of 100 representing no angina symptoms.
Mean change in VO2 peak between baseline and 4 months4 MonthsMean change in exercise capacity, as assessed by the peak oxygen consumption (VO2 peak) derived from spiro-ergometry test between baseline and 4 months
Mean change in VE/VCO2 slope between baseline and 4 months4 MonthsMean change in ventilatory efficiency, as assessed by the VE/VCO2 slope derived from spiro-ergometry test, between baseline and 4 months
Mean change in METS between baseline and 4 months4 MonthsMean change in Metabole equivalents (METS) derived from spiro-ergometry test between baseline and 4 months
Mean change in health related quality of life assessed by the EuroQoL 5 dimensions - 5 levels (EQ5D-5L) Questionnaire between baseline and 4 months4 MonthsMean change in health related quality of life as assessed by the EuroQoL 5 dimensions - 5 levels EQ5D-5L Index score between baseline and 4 months with a score of 1 representing a perfect health condition.
Mean change in vessel volume between patients randomized to exercise and controls6 MonthsMean change in vessel volume as assessed by coronary CT angiography between patients randomized to exercise and controls (only for patients with baseline coronary CT angiography).

Countries

Belgium

Outcome results

None listed

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