Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Professor Marion ET McMurdo
ORCID ID
Contact details
Ageing and Health
Department of Medicine
University of Dundee
Ninewells Hospital
Dundee
DD1 9SY
United Kingdom
+44 (0)1382 632436
m.e.t.mcmurdo@dundee.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
2006/918
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
Not specified
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Condition
Chronic stable heart failure
Intervention
Individualised, graduated exercise training versus usual care
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
01/01/2003
Overall trial end date
01/01/2004
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Aged 70 years or over with New York Heart Association (NYHA) class II and III chronic heart failure
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
82
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/2003
Recruitment end date
01/01/2004
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Ageing and Health
Dundee
DD1 9SY
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
The Health Foundation (UK)
Sponsor details
90 Long Acre
London
WC2E 9RA
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7257 8000
info@health.org.uk
Sponsor type
Charity
Website
Funders
Funder type
Charity
Funder name
The Health Foundation (UK)
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
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=15842989
Publication citations
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Results
Witham MD, Gray JM, Argo IS, Johnston DW, Struthers AD, McMurdo ME, Effect of a seated exercise program to improve physical function and health status in frail patients > or = 70 years of age with heart failure., Am. J. Cardiol., 2005, 95, 9, 1120-1124, doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.01.031.