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 @ 12:31 AM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-25 @ 12:31 AM
NCT ID:
NCT06830967
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Participants older than 50 years of age awaiting elective open AAA repair with AAA diameter ≤6.9cm at the Halifax Infirmary Hospital between January 2025-December 2025. Participants must have the ability to give individual informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Participants undergoing thoracic, thoracoabdominal and/or perivisceral AAA repair.
* Participants with ruptured or symptomatic AAA.
* Participants with AAA maximal diameter ≥7cm.
* Physical inability to exercise: severe osteoarthritis, musculoskeletal or neurological impairment that precludes exercise.
* Contraindication to exercise: rest systolic blood pressure ≥ 180 mmHg and/or diastolic ≥ 100 mmHg, uncontrolled atrial or ventricular arrythmias or proven exercise induced arrhythmias, unstable angina, unstable or acute heart failure, severe symptomatic valvular stenosis, dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction or other comorbidities that imply clinical instability.
* Inability to have a support person present during exercise therapy.
* Cognitive impairment that would impede understanding of study procedures or informed consent.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
50 Years
Study:
NCT06830967
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT06830967