Supervised exercise, stent revascularization, or medical therapy for claudication due to aortoiliac peripheral artery disease: the CLEVER study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Treatment for claudication that is due to aortoiliac peripheral artery disease (PAD) often relies on stent revascularization (ST). However, supervised exercise (SE) is known to provide comparable short-term (6-month) improvements in functional status and quality of life. Longer-term outcomes are not known.

Objectives

The goal of this study was to report the longer-term (18-month) efficacy of SE compared with ST and optimal medical care (OMC).

Methods

Of 111 patients with aortoiliac PAD randomly assigned to receive OMC, OMC plus SE, or OMC plus ST, 79 completed the 18-month clinical and treadmill follow-up assessment. SE consisted of 6 months of SE and an additional year of telephone-based exercise counseling. Primary clinical outcomes included objective tre

SUBMITTER: Murphy TP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5278564 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature