Methods of Weight Loss in Overweight Coronary Patients

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

We hypothesize that a combination of high-caloric expenditure exercise and behavioral weight loss counseling would lead to a greater loss of fat mass and a greater improvement in cardiometabolic risk factors that standard (lower caloric expenditure) cardiac rehabilitation exercise plus counseling.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00628277

Run by

University of Vermont

People needed

74

Starts

2002-10-01

Expected to finish

2007-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-03-05

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Coronary heart disease
• BMI > 27
• Peak Vo2 > 14.4 ml/kg/min

You may not qualify if…

• Presence of diabetes

Where it is running

• University of Vermont College of Medicine — Burlington, Vermont, United States

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