Clinical trial NCT03463486: Current Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation in Austria
Official title: Outpatient Cardiac Rehabilitation in Austria
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Cardiovascular Diseases
Keywords: outpatient cardiac rehabilitation, exercise training,
Lead sponsor: Paracelsus Medical University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-03-13
Enrollment: 8000
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 12
Maximum age (years): 99
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Patients who qualified for an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation

Brief summary: Aim of this study is to give evidence to outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in Austria. The database created in this context is supposed to pave the way as instrument to document and comprehend quality of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in Austria as a key for quality management. Analyses of the created database should be made on a regular basis.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Any patient who meets inclusion criteria for outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in Austria -

Exclusion Criteria:

* Medical conditions which prevent patients from complying with the exercise program
* Acute infections
* Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
* Pulmonary artery embolism or phlebothrombosis within the previous 6 months
* Unstable angina pectoris
* Heart failure (NYHA IV)
* Hemodynamically unstable arrhythmia

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline in Physical Work Capacity (PWC) in Phase II rehabilitation
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Change from baseline in Physical Work Capacity (PWC) in Phase III rehabilitation
timeFrame: 1 year
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline in Cholesterol in Phase II rehabilitation
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Change from baseline in Cholesterol in Phase III rehabilitation
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Change from baseline in Triglycerides in Phase II rehabilitation
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Change from baseline in Triglycerides in Phase III rehabilitation
timeFrame: 1 year
measure: Change from baseline in Blood Glucose in Phase II rehabilitation
timeFrame: 6 weeks
measure: Change from baseline in Blood Glucose in Phase III rehabilitation
timeFrame: 1 year
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Salzburg
country: Austria
facility: Institute of Sports Medicine, Prevention and Rehabilitation, Paracelsus Medical University
Study officials:
affiliation: Institute of Sports Medicine, Prevention and Rehabilitation Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria
name: Prof. Josef Niebauer, MD, PhD, MBA
role: STUDY_CHAIR
References:
citation: Niebauer J, Hambrecht R, Velich T, Hauer K, Marburger C, Kalberer B, Weiss C, von Hodenberg E, Schlierf G, Schuler G, Zimmermann R, Kubler W. Attenuated progression of coronary artery disease after 6 years of multifactorial risk intervention: role of physical exercise. Circulation. 1997 Oct 21;96(8):2534-41. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.96.8.2534.
citation: Adams V, Reich B, Uhlemann M, Niebauer J. Molecular effects of exercise training in patients with cardiovascular disease: focus on skeletal muscle, endothelium, and myocardium. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2017 Jul 1;313(1):H72-H88. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00470.2016. Epub 2017 May 5.
citation: Niebauer J, Mayr K, Harpf H, Hofmann P, Muller E, Wonisch M, Pokan R, Benzer W. Long-term effects of outpatient cardiac rehabilitation in Austria: a nationwide registry. Wien Klin Wochenschr. 2014 Mar;126(5-6):148-55. doi: 10.1007/s00508-014-0527-3. Epub 2014 Mar 11.