Stress Management and Biomarkers of Risk in Cardiac Rehabilitation

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Coronary Heart Disease

In brief

The purpose of this study is to assess the extent to which combining exercise and stress management training (SMT) is more effective at improving biomarkers in vulnerable cardiac patients compared to exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation alone.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00981253

Run by

Duke University

People needed

164

Starts

2009-09-01

Expected to finish

2016-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-02-01

Who can join

Age: 35 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)
• Eligibility for Cardiac Rehabilitation (CR) in North Carolina
• Capacity to give informed consent and follow study procedures

You may not qualify if…

• Received heart transplant
• LVEF < 30%
• Labile ECG changes prior to testing
• Currently using a pacemaker
• Resting BP > 200/120 mm Hg
• Left main disease > 50%
• Unable to comply with assessment procedures
• Unwilling or unable to be randomized to treatment groups
• Primary diagnosis of the following psychiatric disorders: schizophrenia, dementia, current delirium, or other psychotic disorder
• Current alcohol or substance abuse disorder
• Acute suicide risk
• Actively undergoing ongoing psychiatric treatment

Where it is running

• University of North Carolina Hospitals - Meadowmont — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
• Duke University Medical Center - Center for Living — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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