Pre- and Postoperative Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Reduces Complications After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Randomized Trial

• Sponsor: Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT00670176
• Collaborator: ICSC (Other)
• Enrollment: 56
• Arm: 1

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Pre- and postoperative cardiopulmonary rehabilitation reduces complications after coronary artery bypass surgery. This study was conducted as a randomized trial to verify this hypothesis in our institution. ICSC

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery	Behavioral: REHAB (Pre- and postoperative cardiopulmonary rehabilitation)	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Official Title: Pre- and Postoperative Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Reduces Complications After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: A Randomized Trial
• Actual Study Completion Date: Jun 1, 2005

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: I	Behavioral: REHAB (Pre- and postoperative cardiopulmonary rehabilitation)

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. length of stay in the ICU (in minutes); days on the ward after ICU until hospital discharge; pneumonia with the need for antibiotic treatment; and atrial fibrillation or flutter detected on daily-performed electrocardiograms []

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. time until oro-tracheal tube (OTT) removal, occurrence of pleural effusion, atelectasis, change in peak-flow (baseline vs. 2 hours after extubation vs. discharge), and changes in the 6-minute-walking distance between enrollment and hospital discharge. []

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: N/A and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• All CAB patients

Exclusion Criteria:

• SCA in the previous 24h and incapacity of doing light exercise. Valvular patients

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina
• ICSC

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00670176
• Other Study ID Numbers: ICSC01
• First Posted: May 1, 2008
• Last Update Posted: May 1, 2008
• Last Verified: Apr 1, 2008

Study Results

No Results Posted as of May 1, 2008