NCT01091194

Effect of Exercise After Heart Transplantation

Effect of High Intensity Interval-based Aerobic Exercise 1-8 Years After Heart Transplantation. 1 Year Follow Up.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 51 (actual)
• Sponsor: Oslo University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial which will include approximately 50 heart transplant recipients 1-8 years after heart transplantation. The intervention and follow up period is 1 year. The primary purpose is to investigate if systematic, high intensity, interval-based aerobic exercise training results in a greater improvement of exercise capacity (measured by VO2peak) than previously shown in heart transplant recipients.

Conditions

• Heart Transplantation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Interval-based aerobic exercise	High intensity interval-based aerobic exercise training. Duration: 1 year. Three 8-weeks supervised periods of physical training 3 times per week. Individual training 2 times per week between these periods.

Timeline

• Start date: 2009-10-01
• Primary completion: 2011-10-01
• Completion: 2011-12-01
• First posted: 2010-03-23
• Last updated: 2013-02-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway