Exercise Intolerance in Elderly Patients With Diastolic Heart Failure

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-02-28

Study Completion Date

2013-08-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of weight loss via hypocaloric diet, aerobic exercise training, combined hypocaloric diet and exercise training, and attention control in patients with heart failure and a normal ejection fraction (HFNEF) and body mass index greater than or equal to 30.

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Detailed Description

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Heart failure with a normal ejection fraction (HFNEF, previously termed diastolic heart failure), accounts for the majority of heart failure cases in the population \> 65 years old and has been recognized as a true geriatric syndrome. Exercise intolerance is the primary chronic symptom of HFNEF and a major determinant of these patients' severely reduced quality of life; however little is known regarding its pathophysiology and treatment. Therefore, our work has focused on understanding the pathophysiology of exercise intolerance in HFNEF and developing and testing interventions that may improve this pivotal outcome in this highly prevalent disorder of older persons. The aims of the proposed study are to conduct a randomized, controlled, single-blinded, 2x2 design trial to examine the effects of weight loss via hypocaloric diet, aerobic exercise training, combined hypocaloric diet and exercise training, and attention control in patients with HFNEF and body mass index \>30 in order to test the following hypotheses: 1) Both weight loss and exercise training will improve exercise intolerance and quality of life in older, obese patients with HFNEF; 2) The combination of weight loss and exercise training will produce complementary effects on body and thigh muscle composition and additive improvements in exercise intolerance in HFNEF; 3) Improvements in exercise intolerance will correlate with improvements in lean body mass, reversal of adverse thigh muscle remodeling, and increased thigh muscle capillarity. The study has the potential to significantly advance our understanding of exercise intolerance and its treatment in the large population of older persons with HFNEF.

Conditions

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Heart Failure, Diastolic Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Exercise Training

Exercise participants will undergo a 1-hour supervised exercise program 3 times per week for 20 weeks consisting primarily of walking exercise using an individualized exercise prescription based on the initial exercise stress testing results.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Exercise

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

walking, treadmill and bicycle exercise

Dietary Intervention

A hypocaloric diet will be developed to achieve a 2800 kcal/week deficit, which should produce about 0.4 kg (1 lb) weight loss per week.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Dietary Intervention

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Subjects will be provided meals and instructions for individual food selections.

Attention control

Attention control participants will be provided a counseling session regarding general health education at baseline and will be contacted by staff via telephone every 2 weeks to discuss general health status.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Attention Control

Intervention Type OTHER

control group- continue their previously randomized life style

Diet and Exercise

A hypocaloric diet will be developed to achieve a 2450 kcal/week deficit in addition to undergoing a 1-hour supervised exercise program 3 times per week for 20 weeks consisting primarily of walking exercise using an individualized exercise prescription based on the initial exercise stress testing results.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Exercise

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

walking, treadmill and bicycle exercise

Diet and exercise

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Subjects will be provided meals and instructions for individual food selections and will undergo walking, treadmill and bicycle exercise.

Interventions

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Exercise

walking, treadmill and bicycle exercise

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Dietary Intervention

Subjects will be provided meals and instructions for individual food selections.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Diet and exercise

Subjects will be provided meals and instructions for individual food selections and will undergo walking, treadmill and bicycle exercise.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Attention Control

control group- continue their previously randomized life style

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Heart failure clinical score greater than or equal to 3
* Age 60 and over
* Normal ejection fraction greater than or equal to 50%
* BMI greater than or equal to 30

Exclusion Criteria

* Valvular heart disease
* Significant change in cardiac medication \<4 weeks
* Uncontrolled hypertension
* Recent or debilitating stroke
* Cancer or other noncardiovascular conditions with life expectancy less than 2 years
* Significant Anemia
* Renal insufficiency (creatinine \>2.5mg/dl)
* Psychiatric disease- uncontrolled major psychoses, depressions, dementia, or personality disorder
* Plans to leave area within 6 months
* Refuses informed consent
* Failure to pass screening test:pulmonary function, echocardiogram,or exercise

Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No