Daily Step-based Exercise Using Fitness Monitors for Peripheral Artery Disease
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Official title
The Effectiveness of Daily Step-based Exercise Therapy Using Fitness Monitors for Peripheral Artery Disease: The EASY FIT Trial
Brief summary
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Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is caused by blockages in the leg arteries. PAD limits patients' walking ability and quality of life. For patients with PAD, home exercise programs can improve walking ability and quality of life. In many patient populations, walking more than 5,000 steps a day is associated with better health. Currently, the benefit of walking more than 5,000 steps a day in patients with PAD has not been well studied. The purpose of this clinical trial is to compare two different home exercise programs in patients with PAD: walking at least 5,000 steps a day with the help of fitness monitors vs. walking 45 consecutive minutes for 3 to 5 days a week (a common exercise prescription for PAD). This study has the potential to demonstrate that, with the help of fitness monitors, walking at least 5,000 steps a day can improve walking ability and quality of life for patients with PAD.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT03099369
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 20 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Daily Step-based Exercise Behavioral
- Symptom-based Exercise Behavioral
- Fitbit Fitness Monitor Other
Behavioral · Other
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- May 31, 2017
- Primary completion
- Nov 30, 2018
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2018
- Last update posted
- Nov 11, 2019
2017 – 2018
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of North Carolina | Chapel Hill | North Carolina | 27514 | — |
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