NCT01518114

Exercise Training in Patients With Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Sheba Medical Center · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Exercise training (ET) is highly beneficial in heart failure patients and has been suggested to confer significant symptomatic and functional improvements in patients with diastolic dysfunction. Accordingly, the aim of this study was to examine the safety, feasibility of a structured ET program in symptomatic HCM patients.

Conditions

• Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Exercise Training	Exercise will be performed under continuous telemetry monitoring and medical supervision. Each session will include 5-10 worm-up, 30 min of aerobic activity on treadmill or bicycle ergometer followed by 10-15 min of stretch and relaxation exercise. Blood pressure will be obtained before the onset and at the end of each session. Participants will be requested to rest and observed 15-30 min before going home. The exercise intensity will be monitored and adjusted, per protocol, according to RPE using the Borg scale.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-12-01
• Primary completion: 2013-01-01
• First posted: 2012-01-25
• Last updated: 2012-01-31

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel