NCT00905944

Exercise in Patients With a Biventricular Pacemaker

Effects of an Exercise Program on the Tendance to Severe Arrhythmias in Patients With Severely Impaired Left Ventricular Function and Cardial Re-synchronisation Therapy

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 2 / Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Charite University, Berlin, Germany · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The investigators will evaluate the effects of an exercise program (walking on a treadmill) on the physical performance, the cardiorespiratory function, the proclivity to heart arrhythmias and the quality of life of patients with severely impaired left ventricular function and a bi-ventricular resynchronization pacemaker.

Conditions

• Left Ventricular Failure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Endurance exercise	The patients carry out an exercise program (walking on a treadmill) three times weekly for 12 weeks at a speed corresponding with an intensity of 70% of VO2max.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-12-01
• Primary completion: 2009-12-01
• Completion: 2009-12-01
• First posted: 2009-05-21
• Last updated: 2009-12-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany