Patient-reported Outcomes in the Bergen Early Cardiac Rehabilitation Study (BECARES)

Haukeland University Hospital

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Coronary Artery Disease

Treatments: Other: Early cardiac rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03810599

2014/333

Details and patient eligibility

About

An intervention study with longitudinal follow-up of patients with coronary artery disease undergoing early cardiac rehabilitation is designed.

Full description

The main objective of the study is to investigate patient-reported outcomes, their relation to clinical characteristics of the patients and the potential to predict health outcomes and adverse events in coronary artery disease patients participating in an early cardiac rehabilitation programme.

Enrollment: 870 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of coronary artery disease
• >=18 years of age
• Has performed a negative exercise test (bike or treadmill) and thereby able to participate in exercise training.

Exclusion criteria

• Cognitive impairment
• Unstable angina pectoris
• Aortic stenosis
• Left ventricular ejection fraction <30%
• Heart failure NYHA class III-IV
• Serious arrhythmia in need of treatment
• Being on the waiting list for percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass grafting.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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870 participants in 1 patient group

Early cardiac rehabilitation

Other group

Description:

Single Group: 5 week cardiac rehabilitation programme. Pre-post comparison.

Treatment:

Other: Early cardiac rehabilitation