NCT00781807

Rehabilitation and Outcome for Patients on LVAD Support

Multi-module Rehabilitation for Patients on LVAD Support - Impact on Long-term Outcomes

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hannover Medical School · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A prospective, multi-module intervention based on nutrition management, psychosocial support, and a controlled home-based physical exercise training program for patients on LVAD- support will be provided to improve outcomes in terms of survival and patients health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for the long-term. Physical capacity, neurocognitive, psychological factors, and adverse events will be assessed as potential independent indicators for HRQoL.

Detailed description

The multi-module intervention program for patients on LVAD support includes nutrition management, home-based ergometer training program, psychosocial support and neurocognitive screening. The nutrition management and physical reconditioning program will be supplemented by psychosocial support targeting the risk of increased stress, anxiety, and depression level. Moreover, standardized neurocognitive screening procedures will be administered to detect neurocognitive dysfunction (except stroke) and will be assessed for their potential to predict limitations in QoL. Adverse events like re-hospitalizations, thromboembolic and bleeding events will be monitored and assessed for their potential to negatively impact QoL.

Conditions

• Exercise Capacity
• Quality of Life

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	multi-module rehabilitation program	The multi-module rehabilitation program includes: 1. Nutrition management 2. Home-based ergometer training program 3. Psychosocial support

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-11-01
• Primary completion: 2013-10-01
• Completion: 2014-04-01
• First posted: 2008-10-29
• Last updated: 2009-08-25

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Germany