Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-25 @ 4:02 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 4:02 AM
NCT ID:
NCT03985202
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Male participants ≥ 18
2. Under surveillance as part of the AAA screening or surveillance programme with an AAA that is between 4.5 cm and 5.4 cm
3. Able and willing to provide informed consent
4. Understand verbal and written instructions in English
5. Able to safely perform a cardiopulmonary exercise test (this will confirm they can use a cycle ergometer)
6. Patients who are already participating (or have participated) in other trials may be eligible, but the relevant trial teams must agree this in advance.-
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Contra-indications to exercise (lower limb amputation without prosthesis, bone, joint or muscle problem which may be exacerbated by exercise, chronic lung disease causing desaturation with exercise or shortness of breath at rest, severe psychiatric health problems)
2. Cardiovascular contra-indications (unstable angina, acute left ventricular failure, uncontrolled cardiac arrhythmias, uncontrolled hypertension, cardiac event in the previous 6 weeks, cerebral vascular accident in the previous 6 weeks)
3. Participation in other treatment trials, where this has not been agreed in advance with both trial teams
4. Symptomatic AAA
5. Urgency of surgery for AAA precludes undertaking exercise programme. -
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
110 Years
Study:
NCT03985202
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT03985202