Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02013739
Description of Insulin Resistance in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
Description of Insulin Resistance and Explanatory Variables in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 80 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Hasselt University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
The purpose of this study is to describe insulin resistance in a general chronic heart failure population, in combination with muscle strength, body composition and cardiac function. It is assumed that insulin resistance is increased in CHF patient, and that this is related to decreased muscle strength and decreased lean tissue mass.
Conditions
Timeline
- Start date
- 2011-05-01
- Primary completion
- 2012-12-01
- Completion
- 2013-12-01
- First posted
- 2013-12-17
- Last updated
- 2013-12-17
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Belgium
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02013739. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.