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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 27 March 2023
Main ID:  ISRCTN23536103
Date of registration: 28/07/2011
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: German Sports University (Germany)
Public title: Prevention of cardiovascular disease in current and former employees of the Ford motor company, Germany
Scientific title: Multimodal intervention for prĂ­mary prevention of cardiovascular disease in current and former employees of the Ford motor company, Germany - the PreFord trial
Date of first enrolment: 01/08/2004
Target sample size: 447
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN23536103
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Two-armed randomized controlled clinical trial (Prevention)  
Phase:  Not Applicable
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Name: Hans-Georg    Predel
Address:  German Sports University Cologne 50931 Cologne (Koeln) Germany
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Email: predel@dshs-koeln.de
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
1. Adult men and women with no evidence for CVD and elevated risk according to the (European Society of Cardiology) ESC risk score > 5%
2. Informed consent

Exclusion criteria: Severe somatic or psychiatric morbidity, e.g. malignancies, psychosis, drug addiction

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Prevention of cardiovascular disease
Circulatory System
Cardiovascular disease
Intervention(s)

Multimodal intervention for outpatients, two sessions a week in the afternoon for three months (75 hours total):
1. Health education
2. Exercise therapy
3. Smoking cessation programme
4. Stress management (LifeSkills)
Primary Outcome(s)
European Society of Cardiology risk score
Secondary Outcome(s)

1. Health behaviour (physical fitness, smoking, BMI)
2. CVD risk factors, e.g. low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), total cholesterol, trigycerides, blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, depression and anxiety (HADS), Type-D pattern (DS-14)
Secondary ID(s)
N/A
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Bayer Vital (Germany), Pronova BKK (Germany), AstraZeneca (Germany)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
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Approval date:
Contact:
1. North Rhine Medical Association (Aerztekammer North Rhine) Ethics Committee, 20/12/2004, ref: 2004079 2. Faculty of Medicine Ethics Committee, University of Cologne, 02/02/2004, ref: 03-217
Results
Results available: Yes
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Date Completed: 31/07/2013
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