Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
511002
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration.
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration.
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Hospitals
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Cardiovascular
Intervention
Patients were enrolled either into educational classes and exercise training 6 h/week for 8 weeks plus conventional medical management or conventional medical therapy alone. Costs of equipment and staff salary were estimated. A set of quality of life (QOL) questionnaires was used to collect data by interviewing.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration.
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration.
Overall trial start date
01/04/2000
Overall trial end date
30/04/2001
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Those with acute myocardial infarction within 6 weeks or post-percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Other
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration.
Participant exclusion criteria
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Recruitment start date
01/04/2000
Recruitment end date
30/04/2001
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Hong Kong
Trial participating centre
Department of Medicine
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Hong Kong
Sponsor information
Organisation
Hong Kong Health Services Research Fund (Hong Kong)
Sponsor details
Health Welfare and Food Bureau
Government Secretariat
HKSAR
20th floor Murray Building
Garden Road
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Hong Kong
+852 (0)2973 8288
hsrf@hwfb.gov.hk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
http://www.fhb.gov.hk/grants/english/funds/funds_hhsrf/funds_hhsrf_abt/funds_hhsrf_abt.html
Funders
Funder type
Not defined
Funder name
Hong Kong Health Services Research Fund (Hong Kong)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2004 results on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15605326
Publication citations
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Results
Yu CM, Lau CP, Chau J, McGhee S, Kong SL, Cheung BM, Li LS, A short course of cardiac rehabilitation program is highly cost effective in improving long-term quality of life in patients with recent myocardial infarction or percutaneous coronary intervention., Arch Phys Med Rehabil, 2004, 85, 12, 1915-1922.