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Lifestyle Heart Trial

Launched by NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE (NHLBI) · Oct 27, 1999

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Trial Information

Current as of September 08, 2024

Completed

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Description

BACKGROUND: The trial was the first randomized, controlled trial to determine whether patients outside a hospital could be motivated to make and sustain comprehensive lifestyle changes and whether coronary disease regression could occur as a result of lifestyle changes alone. DESIGN NARRATIVE: Patients were randomly assigned to an experimental group or to a usual-care group. Experimental-group patients were prescribed a lifestyle program including a low-fat vegetarian diet, moderate aerobic exercise, stress management training, stopping smoking, and group support. No animal products were...

Gender

ALL

Eligibility criteria

  • Men and women, ages 35 to 75, with angiographically documented one, two, or three vessel coronary disease; no myocardial infarction during the preceeding six weeks; and not receiving streptokinase, alteplase, or lipid-lowering drugs.

About Sponsor

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, /ˈnaɪ.æd/) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NIAID's mission is to conduct basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.

Contacts

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Jennifer Cobb

Immunology at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

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