NCT01680302

Effect of 3 Years of Exercise on Development of Atrial Fibrillation

Effect of 3 Years of Exercise on Development of Atrial Fibrillation - A "Generation 100" Substudy

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,567 (actual)
• Sponsor: Norwegian University of Science and Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 70 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a substudy of "Generation 100". In that study, 4000 healthy persons between 70 and 75 will be randomised to a moderate intensity training group, a high intensity training group or control group, with 3 years of exercise. The investigators will follow these persons and register all who develop atrial fibrillation during these 3 years, and at follow-up after ended intervention to see if there is differences in the number of persons who develop atrial fibrillation in the 3 groups.

Conditions

• Atrial Fibrillation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	High intensity exercise
BEHAVIORAL	Moderate intensity exercise
BEHAVIORAL	Control	Advised to follow current guidelines for physical activity, but exercise on their own.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-09-01
• Primary completion: 2023-06-01
• Completion: 2026-06-01
• First posted: 2012-09-07
• Last updated: 2022-09-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Norway