HEARTS: Heart, Exercise, and Resistance Training Study
Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Cardiovascular Diseases, Heart Failure, Congestive, Heart Diseases
In brief
This study is enrolling patients with congestive heart failure (CHF). The goal of the study is to see if one of two carefully monitored exercise programs can improve the ability of these patients to function and get about their activities.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00094250
- Run by
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
- People needed
- 200
- Starts
- 2006-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2008-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2016-07-29
Who can join
Age: 65 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Class II and III CHF that has been clinically stable for at least 6 months
- Systolic ejection fraction (LVEF) between 20% and 40%
- Under the care of a cardiologist who is willing to have the patient participate in the study and who will continue to follow the patient medically during his/her participation
- Willing and able to undergo the screening procedures and the 1 month observation period to determine eligibility
- Willing and able to come to the research center three times a week for 4 months to participate in an exercise program consisting of either aerobic exercise only, or aerobic exercise plus resistance training
- Able to speak and read English
- Willing to participate in the study after having the study explained to him/her and has signed an informed consent form
You may not qualify if…
- Eligible for a cardiac rehabilitation program under Medicare rules due to a recent acute event
- Any medical condition that would make either exercise unsafe or uncomfortable, such as symptomatic COPD, severe arthritis, severe peripheral vascular disease, unstable heart disease, uncontrolled blood pressure, or neurological conditions
- Other complicating diseases, such as severe anemia or other blood dyscrasia affecting function, chronic renal failure, progressive cancer, or unstable diabetes
- Does not otherwise meet the above inclusion criteria
Where it is running
- Staten Island University Hospital — Staten Island, New York, United States
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