NCT03955016

Rehabilitation for Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension

A Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of a Rehabilitation Program on the Exercise Capacity of Patients With Pulmonary Hypertension

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 20 (estimated)
• Sponsor: KU Leuven · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the impact of a personalized, partly supervised rehabilitation program on the exercise capacity in patients with pulmonary hypertension. The rehabilitation program consists of 2 weeks inpatient, 2 weeks ambulatory and 11 weeks home based rehabilitation.

Detailed description

The present study is a 15 weeks, randomized (1:1) controlled trial. Patients in both groups will not change their usual medical treatment. After 2 clinical visits (screening and randomization visit), patients in the intervention group will follow a 15 week rehabilitation program consisting of 2 weeks inpatient, 2 weeks outpatient and 11 weeks home based rehabilitation. At the end of the outpatient rehabilitation phase (week 4) and the home-based program (week 15), clinical outcomes will be reassessed.

Conditions

• Pulmonary Hypertension

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Pulmonary rehabilitation	Rehabilitation program consisting of 2 weeks inpatient (supervised training 5 times per week), 2 weeks outpatient (supervised sessions 3 times per week) and 11 weeks home-based exercise training (weekly phone call). During the inpatient phase, patients will receive on top of the supervised training sessions a consultation of the dietitian, PH psychologist, social worker and specialized nurse. During the ambulatory rehabilitation phase patients will have 2 session with the occupational therapist. Every supervised training session contains: 1. Interval training on a cyclo-ergometer 2. Strength training of the upper and lower extremities 3. Guided walks

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-11-13
• Primary completion: 2020-11-01
• Completion: 2020-11-01
• First posted: 2019-05-17
• Last updated: 2019-10-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium