Northern Board Beet Breathlessness Trial

Northern Health and Social Care Trust

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 1

Conditions: Exercise Tolerance (Measured in Minutes)

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Beetroot Juice

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01610024

RDF001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hypothesis: Beetroot juice increases the exercise tolerance of patients with chronic lung disease.

Using the already established pulmonary rehabilitation model, we aim to split the group of 8 into 2 groups, each group taking 500ml of beetroot juice 24 hours before there class on alternate (differing) weeks to see if it improves their overall exercise tolerance.

Enrollment: 8 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Already planned to attend the pulmonary rehabilitation class

Exclusion criteria

• Angina Prescribed regular nitrates, a resting heart rate >100bpm, a resting blood pressure <110 systolic, postural hypotension, prescribed PDE5 inhibitors.

Trial design

8 participants in 1 patient group

Beetroot

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Beetroot Juice