NCT04732923: APA&Co

Maintenance of Physical Condition and Physical Activity at One Year After Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

Completed NA Last updated 29 March 2023

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Assigned intervention - procedure in Coronary Disease in 83 participants. Completed in 9 February 2023.

Timeline

10 March 2021

Primary endpoint
15 February 2022

9 February 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Centre Hospitalier de Cholet
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	other
Enrollment	83
Start date	10 March 2021
Primary completion	15 February 2022
Estimated completion	9 February 2023
Sites	1 location across France

Drugs / interventions tested

• Assigned intervention - procedure

Conditions studied

• Coronary Disease — all drugs for Coronary Disease →
• Acute Coronary Syndrome — all drugs for Acute Coronary Syndrome →

Sponsor

Centre Hospitalier de Cholet

Who can join

Adults 18 to 70, any sex, with Coronary Disease or Acute Coronary Syndrome. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Maintaining physical activity post-cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has a major role in disease progression and patient prognosis, especially given its potential impact on physical condition. Unfortunately, during a nursing interview carried out 6 months after the CR at the Center Hospitalier de Cholet, we find that 40% do not maintain regular physical activity. This observation is in line with the literature since it emerges respectively at 2 months and 1 year post-CR that between 47% and 59% of patients do not comply with the recommendations in terms of physical activity (Guiraud et al, 2012).

However, data suggest that during the post-CR follow-up phase at 6 months, there could be a maintenance of the physical condition assessed via the distance at the 6-minutes walk test (Pavy et al, 2012; Racodon et al, 2019). There is a lack of data on the maintenance of physical condition beyond 6 months since no study has evaluated the maintenance of physical condition at 1 year post-CR by 6-minutes walk test.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Change in exercise capacity, physical activity and motivation for physical activity at 12 months after a cardiac rehabilitation program in coronary heart disease patients: a prospective, monocentric and observational study.
   Da Ros Vettoretto P, Bouffart AA, Gourronc Y, Baron AC, et al · · 2025 · PMID 39963198 · DOI 10.7717/peerj.18885