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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 23 March 2015
Main ID:  NCT02387411
Date of registration: 19/02/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of Athens
Public title: High-intensity Interval Versus Combined Exercise Training in CHF
Scientific title: High-intensity Interval Versus Combined High-intensity Interval and Strength Exercise Training in Chronic Heart Failure
Date of first enrolment: May 2010
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02387411
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Greece
Contacts
Name:     Serafim Nanas, MD, Prof.
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Affiliation:  Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing & Rehabilitation Laboratory, 1st Critical Care Dpt, School of Medicine, University of Athens, Greece
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- stable heart failure

- ejection fraction <=45%

- optimal medical treatment

- NYHA class <=III

Exclusion Criteria:

- contraindications for maximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET)

- moderate to severe COPD

- inability to follow exercise programs due to orthopaedic problems



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Heart Failure
Intervention(s)
Other: High-intensity interval exercise training
Other: Combined exercise training
Primary Outcome(s)
aerobic exercise capacity (assessed by cardiopulmonary exercise testing) [Time Frame: 3 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
quality of life (assessed by MLWHF questionnaire) [Time Frame: 3 months]
quadriceps cross sectional area (assessed by CT) [Time Frame: 3 months]
strength exercise capacity (assessed by 1-repetition maximum test) [Time Frame: 3 months]
quadriceps local adaptations (assessed by muscle biopsies) [Time Frame: 3 months]
Secondary ID(s)
not applied
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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