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Status unknownNCT04888390Updated May 17, 2021

Exercise Intervention on Cardiorespiratory Function in HF With DM.

An interventional study of Muti-model exercise intervention and Disease and exercise suggestion in Heart Failure, sponsored by National Cheng Kung University. Status unknown at 1 site in Taiwan. Open to participants aged 30 Years to 85 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-05-17.

Sponsored by National Cheng Kung University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified May 2021), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
80
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
30 Years to 85 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Investigate the effects of exercise training on the cardiopulmonary function and exercise capacity in diabetes mellitus with heart failure.

Read the detailed description

This research intends to explore the effects of exercise training on the cardiopulmonary function and exercise tolerance of heart failure patients with diabetes mellitus. In addition to the impaired cardiac function, the clinical manifestations of patients with heart failure also shown the inefficiency of pulmonary function, peripheral vascular function, and musculoskeletal system. Due to low exercise tolerance, functional activities and quality of life are impaired. With the high hospitalization rate and high mortality rate, the clinical treatment of heart failure is challenging. At present, exercise has been listed in the guidelines for the treatment of heart failure, and is recommended that patients with heart failure should take regular aerobic exercise training to maintain functional activity and reduce symptoms. Past studies have also suggested that exercise training can help reduce the risk factors of cardiovascular disease and improve part of the cardiovascular function. Furthermore, exercise can improve the quality of life and reduce the hospitalization rate. Although diabetes is a common comorbidity of heart failure, and is a poor prognostic factor that increases the overall risk of heart failure and cardiovascular death, there are few studies in the past to further explore the benefits of exercise training for diabetes with heart failure, although current studies have confirmed that regular exercise can effectively control diabetes. However, the cardiopulmonary function and exercise tolerance of exercise training for diabetes with heart failure still need to be clarified. Therefore, this study aims to investigated the effect of cardiopulmonary function and exercise tolerance in patients with heart failure. The study participants were divided into two groups: usual care group and exercise group. Exercise training involved last for twelve weeks, and then follow up until the sixth week after exercise training. The results of the study are expected to be applied to clinical heart failure rehabilitation. It is expected that through active cardiopulmonary rehabilitation combined with precise and personalized exercise prescriptions, it will prevent deterioration of heart failure and may help improve the clinical practice of heart failure.

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Conditions studied

  • Heart Failure

Keywords

  • Heart failure
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Exercise intervention
  • Cardiac rehabilitation
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In context

Heart Failure

5,801 studies on the registry are indexed under Heart Failure; 1,222 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 80 is above the median of 72 across 3,790 interventional studies indexed under Heart Failure.

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Lead sponsor

National Cheng Kung University is the lead sponsor of 63 studies on the registry; 12 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
30 Years to 85 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Heart Failure (NYHA I-III) with diabetes mellitus
  • Aged 30-85
  • Mini-mental state examination score > 25

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • eGFR \< 30mL/min/1.73m2
  • Exercise intervention contraindication of heart failure
  • Pregnancy
  • Uncontrolled disease
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
80 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Intervention group

    The intervention group will receive multi-model exercise intervention 2-3 times per week for 3 months.

    Behavioral: Muti-model exercise intervention

  • Active comparator
    Usual care group

    The Usual care group will receive heart failure disease and exercise-related education.

    Behavioral: Disease and exercise suggestion

Interventions

  • BehavioralMuti-model exercise intervention

    The Muti-model exercise intervention include aerobic exercise training by ergometer or treadmill, resistance exercise by using elastic band and flexibility exercise by active stretch. The total training program takes for 60 minutes, 2-3 times per week for 3 months.

  • BehavioralDisease and exercise suggestion

    The participants will be provided by educational program about heart failure self-care and home-based exercise approach.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. NT-proBNP

    N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide

    Time frame: Change from baseline (0 week) to mid-intervention (6 weeks)

  2. NT-proBNP

    N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide

    Time frame: Change from baseline (0 week) to post-intervention (12 weeks)

  3. NT-proBNP

    N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide

    Time frame: Change from baseline (0 week) to follow up (24 weeks)

  4. Oxygen consumption (VO2)

    Oxygen consumption examined by cardiopulmonary exercise test

    Time frame: Change from baseline (0 week) to mid-intervention (6 weeks)

  5. Oxygen consumption (VO2)

    Oxygen consumption examined by cardiopulmonary exercise test

    Time frame: Change from baseline (0 week) to post-intervention (12 weeks)

  6. Oxygen consumption (VO2)

    Oxygen consumption examined by cardiopulmonary exercise test

    Time frame: Change from baseline (0 week) to follow up (24 weeks)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Quality of life score (Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire)

    Heart Failure Questionnaire

    Time frame: Change from baseline (0 week) to mid-intervention (6 weeks)

  2. Quality of life score (Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire)

    Heart Failure Questionnaire

    Time frame: Change from baseline (0 week) to post-intervention (12 weeks)

  3. Quality of life score (Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire)

    Heart Failure Questionnaire

    Time frame: Change from baseline (0 week) to follow up (24 weeks)

  4. FEV1/FVC

    Pulmonary function test

    Time frame: Change from baseline (0 week) to mid-intervention (6 weeks)

  5. FEV1/FVC

    Pulmonary function test

    Time frame: Change from baseline (0 week) to post-intervention (12 weeks)

  6. FEV1/FVC

    Pulmonary function test

    Time frame: Change from baseline (0 week) to follow up (24 weeks)

  7. MIP (maximal inspiratory pressure)

    Inspiratory muscle function assessed by pressure meter

    Time frame: Change from baseline (0 week) to mid-intervention (6 weeks)

  8. MIP (maximal inspiratory pressure)

    Inspiratory muscle function assessed by pressure meter

    Time frame: Change from baseline (0 week) to post-intervention (12 weeks)

  9. MIP (maximal inspiratory pressure)

    Inspiratory muscle function assessed by pressure meter

    Time frame: Change from baseline (0 week) to follow up (24 weeks)

  10. MEP (maximal exspiratory pressure)

    Inspiratory muscle function assessed by pressure meter

    Time frame: Change from baseline (0 week) to mid-intervention (6 weeks)

  11. MEP (maximal exspiratory pressure)

    Inspiratory muscle function assessed by pressure meter

    Time frame: Change from baseline (0 week) to post-intervention (12 weeks)

  12. MEP (maximal exspiratory pressure)

    Inspiratory muscle function assessed by pressure meter

    Time frame: Change from baseline (0 week) to follow up (24 weeks)

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — IPD sharing plan will be decided after summarized data being published.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Apr 2021 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2024, 44 months after the start.

Of 1,018 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Heart Failure, half reached primary completion within 29 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 16 and three quarters within 50. This study's planned 44 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 1,220 studies reached it within 31 months; a quarter within 16 and three quarters within 53.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
May 5, 2021
First posted
May 17, 2021
StartActual
Apr 20, 2021
Primary completionEst.
Dec 31, 2024
CompletionEst.
Dec 31, 2024
Last update
May 17, 2021
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 17, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04888390
Lead sponsor
National Cheng Kung University
Responsible party
Kun-Ling Tsai (Associate Professor, National Cheng Kung University) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 17, 2021
Start date
Apr 20, 2021
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
May 17, 2021

Study contacts

Kun-Ling Tsai, Ph.D.
Contact
kunlingtsai@mail.ncku.edu.tw
886-6-2353535 ext. 6219
Hsin-Lun Yang, M.S.
Contact
t66064043@pt.ncku.edu.tw
886-6-2353535 ext. 5078
Kun-Ling Tsai, Ph.D.
principal investigator · Department of Physical Therapy, National Cheng Kung University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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