Efficacy and Cost Effectiveness of Relaxation and Response to CHF

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Conditions studied: Chronic Heart Failure

In brief

Despite the development of significant pharmaceutical treatments, morbidity and mortality of chronic heart failure (CHF) patients remain high, patients� quality of life is poor, and their health care utilization is heavy. It is therefore important to find a cost effective non-pharmaceutical treatment to help CHF patients manage the disease. The relaxation response has been found to be effective in managing CHF-related conditions. With its favorable physiological changes, the relaxation response is likely to benefit CHF patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00012818

Run by

US Department of Veterans Affairs

People needed

90

Expected to finish

2003-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-07

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• CHF diagnosis, NY stage 2 or 3

Where it is running

• Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Hospital, Bedford, MA — Bedford, Massachusetts, United States

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