Acute Effects of Beet Juice Consumption on Exercise Capacity in Heart Failure

Stopped early · Phase 1/Phase 2 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Heart Failure

In brief

The purpose of this project will be to determine whether consumption of beet juice concentrate prior to exercise may acutely improve exercise tolerance in patients with heart failure.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01946542

Run by

Jason Allen, Ph.D.

People needed

2

Starts

2014-02-01

Expected to finish

2014-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-12-14

Who can join

Age: 55 and older, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II-III heart failure
• receiving optimal medical therapy
• sedentary

You may not qualify if…

• smoking
• changes in medication or major cardiovascular (CV) event or procedure within the previous 6 wk
• fixed rate pacemaker
• unstable angina
• other co-morbidities or limitations that preclude safe participation in the exercise testing
• plans for hospitalization or cardiac transplantation within the next 2 months
• type 1 diabetes
• refusal or inability to provide informed consent

Where it is running

• Duke University Medical Center — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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