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| University of Haifa | OTHER |
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48 patients, over the age of 18, with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) classified as WHO III-IV, that are all stable under Macitentan therapy ( medication for treating PAH patients), will be recruited to the study through the pulmonary hypertension (PH) clinic at Soroka Medical Center. The patients will be randomly divided into an intervention group, which will exercise twice a week for 12 weeks, supervised by physiotherapists, and a control group, which will only receive the medication. Tests will be performed before the beginning of the intervention program, 6 weeks after it has begun, at the end of the 12 week program, and 3 months after finishing the program.
48 patients, over the age of 18, with PAH classified as WHO III-IV, that are all stable under Macitentan therapy, will be recruited to the study through the PH clinic at Soroka Medical Center. The patients will be randomly divided into intervention and control groups.
The intervention group will exercise in a pulmonary rehabilitation program twice a week, for 12 weeks. The exercise protocol will include circuit training, with 2-3 minutes exercise intervals, including aerobic and strength training, and will be supervised by physiotherapists. The control group will continue to receive their usual Macitentan treatment.
All study participants will undergo tests before the beginning of the intervention program, 6 weeks after it has begun, at the end of the 12 week program, and 3 months after finishing the program. The tests will include a cardio-pulmonary exercise test, 6 minute walk distance measurement, WHO functional class evaluation, levels of Brain natriuretic peptide (BNP), EMPHASIS10 questionnaire (emPHasis-10 questionnaire is a short questionnaire for assessing Health Related Quality of Life in pulmonary arterial hypertension), Short Form-36 (SF-36) quality of life questionnaire and echocardiography.
Once data collection is completed, two way ANOVA repeated measures will be used to assess the changes in outcome measures.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Intervention group | Experimental | Patients stable on Macitentan therapy will exercise twice a week for 12 weeks, supervised by physiotherapists. The exercise program includes aerobic and strength exercises, at 2-3 minutes intervals. |
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| Control Group | No Intervention | Patients stable on Macitentan therapy that will continue to receive it, without exercise. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Exercise program | Other | patients who are stable on Macitentan therapy (received in both groups before enrollment) and will exercise at a pulmonary rehabilitation program twice a week for 12 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Cardio-pulmonary exercise test- measurements of VO2 , anaerobic threshold, respiratory exchange ratio, O2 pulse, ventilatory reserve, heart rate, End tidal CO2 and O2, work rate, ventilation (VE), VCO2 during exercise test | Physiological response to exercise | 0-24 weeks |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Echocardiography: dimensions and pressure of left and right ventricles, cardiac output, pulmonary arterial pressure (systolic, diastolic and mean), pulmonary capillary wedge pressure | Cardiac function | 0-12 weeks |
| EMPHASIS10 questionnaire |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
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| Avital Keren Abriel, MD | Contact | 507777618 | 972 | avitalab@bgu.ac.il |
| Efrat Landau, BPT | Contact | +972545899819 | efratlan@gmail.com |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Avital Abriel Keren | Soroka University Medical Center | Principal Investigator |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000081029 | Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension |
| ID | Term |
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| D006976 | Hypertension, Pulmonary |
| D008171 | Lung Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D055070 | Resistance Training |
| D012046 | Rehabilitation |
| ID | Term |
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| D005081 | Exercise Therapy |
| D000359 | Aftercare |
| D003266 | Continuity of Patient Care |
| D005791 | Patient Care |
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Disease specific quality of life questionnaire
| 0-24 weeks |
| SF-36 questionnaire | Quality of life questionnaire | 0-24 weeks |
| N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) | high levels of NT-proBNP can indicate heart failure | 0-12 weeks |
| Functional class evaluation | Functional class as classified by the world health organization (WHO) | 0-24 weeks |
| 6 minute walk distance | Functional capacity assesment by 6 minute walk test | 0-24 weeks |
| D013812 |
| Therapeutics |
| D026741 | Physical Therapy Modalities |
| D064797 | Physical Conditioning, Human |
| D015444 | Exercise |
| D009043 | Motor Activity |
| D009068 | Movement |
| D009142 | Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena |
| D055687 | Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena |
| D006296 | Health Services |
| D005159 | Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services |