A Study to Evaluate Breathing Muscle Training in Cardiac Rehab
The purpose of this study is to understand if breathing muscle training combined with cardiac rehabilitation influences the blood flow and blood pressure response during exercise.
Conditions:
🦠 Healthy 🦠 Heart Failure
🗓️ Study Start (Actual) 1 June 2021
🗓️ Primary Completion (Estimated) June 2025
✅ Study Completion (Estimated) June 2025
👥 Enrollment (Estimated) 42
🔬 Study Type INTERVENTIONAL
📊 Phase NA
Locations:
📍 Rochester, Minnesota, United States

📋 Eligibility Criteria

Description

  • Inclusion Criteria - Heart Failure Group:
  • * Adult 18 years and older.
  • * English speaking.
  • * Has a qualifying heart failure indication for center-based cardiac rehabilitation.
  • Inclusion Criteria - Healthy Control Group:
  • * Adult 18 years and older.
  • * English speaking.
  • * Absence of pulmonary, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, neurologic, or orthopedic diseases. Controls will be matched for age and sex.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • * HF patients who are unable to engage in a regularly structured exercise training program as part of a clinically indicated center-based outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program.
  • * Participants unable/unwilling to provide informed consent.
  • * Uremia, history of allergy to iodides. Impaired renal function.
  • * Creatinine value greater than 1.3 mg/dL (via clinical record within the past 6 months).
  • * Diagnosis of liver disease.
Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to N/A (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

🗓️ Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

  • First Submitted 14 June 2021
  • First Submitted that Met QC Criteria 21 July 2021
  • First Posted 30 July 2021

Study Record Updates

  • Last Update Submitted that Met QC Criteria 2 July 2024
  • Last Update Posted 3 July 2024
  • Last Verified July 2024