Effects of Endurance Training on Patients With Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) and Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy Especially for Cardiac Arrhythmias

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Heart Failure; Cardiac Resynchronisation Therapy; Sudden Cardiac Death

Treatments: Behavioral: endurance training; Behavioral: exercise training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00472238

001

CBF-2007001

Details and patient eligibility

About

A severely reduced left ventricular ejection fraction is associated with increased mortality due to pump failure as well as to malignant ventricular arrhythmia. We hypothesize that targeted training may lead to improved survival and to increased parameters of risk stratification for malignant arrhythmia. Additionally, the training may lead to an improved psychological and mental condition of the patients

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• CRT Device

Exclusion criteria

• refused informed consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

1, Training

Experimental group

Description:

Group for training therapy

Treatment:

Behavioral: exercise training

2, Control

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: endurance training