A Prospective Trial of Ayurveda for Coronary Artery Disease

University of New Mexico (UNM)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease

Treatments: Other: Ayurveda

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02228343

UNM2013.1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Can Ayurvedic therapy improve markers of cardiovascular health and cardiovascular risk factors in patients with coronary artery disease.

Full description

Patients with established coronary artery disease will be treated with 90 days of Ayurvedic therapy to include yoga, meditation, breathing exercises,and herbs. Arterial stiffness, weight, BMI, BP, medications, cholesterol, LDL, HDL, triglyceride, HS-CRP will be measured at baseline and after 90 days of therapy.

Enrollment: 22 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• stable coronary artery disease (prior mi, coronary angioplasty or stent, coronary bypass surgery)

Exclusion criteria

• age < 18 years
• life expectancy < 6 months
• pregnancy or breast feeding
• unwilling or unable to complete 90 days of therapy
• already receiving/taking Ayurvedic therapy
• unable to converse in or understand English language

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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22 participants in 1 patient group

Ayurveda

Experimental group

Description:

Ayurvedic therapy

Treatment:

Other: Ayurveda