Ischemic Heart DiseaseNCT02824120
Effects of Laugh Therapy Associated to Cardiopulmonary Rehab
A study testing Comedy and Documentary in people with Ischemic Heart Disease, run by Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre at 1 site in Brazil.
Trial summary
Laugh is more than visual and vocal behave, is always followed by a series of physiological changes, including contractions of musculoskeletal system, increase of cardiac frequency by catecholamine release and hyperventilation that promoves the increase of maximum breathing and oxygen saturation. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 40 to 80 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- What is being tested?
- Comedy and Documentary
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 36 participants
- Where
- 1 siteBrazil
- Study dates
- Jun 2013to Mar 2019
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 40 to 80 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- ischemic heart disease diagnosis established by cardiac catheterization, with 50% lesion in at least one epicardial vessel (if the patient has had an acute coronary syndrome or have been revascularized, the event time is expected to exceed 6 months).
- Both sexes
- With availability to come to HCPA twice a week
- In conditions of entering into a cardiac rehabilitation program with exercise.
Who cannot join
- Involvement in another clinical trial.
- Presence of autoimmune disease
- Use of oral anticoagulant
- Valvulopathy with mechanical or biological cardiac prosthesis
- Presence pacemaker or implantable cardioverter
- Left bundle branch block in 12-lead ECG
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- severe lung disease
- Major Depression or Bipolar Disorder
- Chronic Atrial Fibrillation
- Left ventricular dysfunction (ejection fraction <45%)
- Active infection or cancer (other than basal cell carcinoma)
- Chronic Renal Failure
- Illiteracy
- Inability to understand the consent form
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
Brazil1 site, 1 recruiting
- Recruiting
Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-903
Rosane M. Nery, PhD, 0555133597634, rosane.nery@gmail.com
Ricardo Stein, PhD
About this study
Official title: Effects of Laugh Therapy Associated to Cardiopulmonary and Metabolic Rehabilitation in Ischemic Heart Disease: Randomized Clinical Trial
Laugh is more than visual and vocal behave, is always followed by a series of physiological changes, including contractions of musculoskeletal system, increase of cardiac frequency by catecholamine release and hyperventilation that promoves the increase of maximum breathing and oxygen saturation. Laugh therapy may be an alternative therapy, simple, and improve the quality of life of individuals can influence physiological and biochemical parameters of the human body.
Read the detailed description
Methods: Randomized clinical trial with patients from outpatient ischemic heart disease of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre , patients of both sexes in all regular monitoring. All patients will perform 30 minutes of stretching before film sessions. The exercises will be mild to moderate (modified Borg scale between 3 and 6).
- Conditions
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Being tested
- Comedy, Documentary
- Keywords
- ischemic heart disease, laugh therapy
- Medical subject headings
- Myocardial Ischemia
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
ComedyOther
patients will watch comedy film
DocumentaryOther
patients will watch a documentary film
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Comedy | Experimental | patients in this group will watch a comedy film that will not exceed 30 minutes Receives: Other: Comedy |
| Documentary | Experimental | patients in this group will watch a documentary film that will not exceed 30 minutes. Receives: Other: Documentary |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Cardiopulmonary exercise test
The maximum functional capacity is measured by a maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test with expired gas analysis,in the treadmill Inbramed® KT 10200 (Porto Alegre, Brazil).
Measured: 48 months
Secondary outcomes (1)
Quality of life Questionnaire
SF-36 Questionnaire of life quality
Measured: 48 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted6 Jul 2016 (estimated)
- Study startJun 2013
- Primary completionMar 2019 (estimated)
- Study completionMar 2019 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (22)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Ischemic Heart DiseaseStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Hospital de Clinicas de Porto AlegreThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Investigator
- Enrolment
- 36 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Ricardo Stein, PhD, Principal investigator, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02824120
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 13-0124
- Status last verified
- Jul 2018
- First submitted
- 22 Feb 2016
- Last updated
- 21 Aug 2018
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Publications
Cortes O, Arthur HM. Determinants of referral to cardiac rehabilitation programs in patients with coronary artery disease: a systematic review. Am Heart J. 2006 Feb;151(2):249-56. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.03.034.
PubMed 16442885Briffa TG, Eckermann SD, Griffiths AD, Harris PJ, Heath MR, Freedman SB, Donaldson LT, Briffa NK, Keech AC. Cost-effectiveness of rehabilitation after an acute coronary event: a randomised controlled trial. Med J Aust. 2005 Nov 7;183(9):450-5. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07121.x.
PubMed 16274344Yeh GY, Wood MJ, Lorell BH, Stevenson LW, Eisenberg DM, Wayne PM, Goldberger AL, Davis RB, Phillips RS. Effects of tai chi mind-body movement therapy on functional status and exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Med. 2004 Oct 15;117(8):541-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.04.016.
PubMed 15465501O'Connor GT, Buring JE, Yusuf S, Goldhaber SZ, Olmstead EM, Paffenbarger RS Jr, Hennekens CH. An overview of randomized trials of rehabilitation with exercise after myocardial infarction. Circulation. 1989 Aug;80(2):234-44. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.80.2.234.
PubMed 2665973Lu WA, Kuo CD. The effect of Tai Chi Chuan on the autonomic nervous modulation in older persons. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2003 Dec;35(12):1972-6. doi: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000099242.10669.F7.
PubMed 14652490Martin RA. Humor, laughter, and physical health: methodological issues and research findings. Psychol Bull. 2001 Jul;127(4):504-19. doi: 10.1037/0033-2909.127.4.504.
PubMed 11439709Piegas LS, Avezum A, Pereira JC, Neto JM, Hoepfner C, Farran JA, Ramos RF, Timerman A, Esteves JP; AFIRMAR Study Investigators. Risk factors for myocardial infarction in Brazil. Am Heart J. 2003 Aug;146(2):331-8. doi: 10.1016/S0002-8703(03)00181-9.
PubMed 12891204Avezum Junior A, Feldman A, Carvalho AC, Sousa AC, Mansur Ade P, Bozza AE, Falcao Bde A, Markman Filho BM, Polanczyk CA, Gun C, Serrano Junior CV, Oliveira CC, Moreira D, Precoma DB, Magnoni D, Albuquerque DC, Romano ER, Stefanini E, Santos ES, God EM, Ribeiro EE, Brito FS, Feitosa-Filho GS, Arruda GD, Oliveira GB, Lima GG, Dohman H, Liguori IM, Costa Junior Jde R, Saraiva JF, Maia LN, Moreira LF, Santos MA, Canesin MF, Coutinho MS, Moretti AM, Ghorayeb N, Vieira NW, Dutra OP, Coelho OR, Leaes PE, Rossi PR, Andrade PB, Lemos Neto PA, Pavanello R, Costa RV, Bassan R, Esporcatte R, Miranda R, Giraldez RR, Ramos RF, Martins SK, Esteves VB, Mathias Junior W; Brazilian Society of Cardiology. [V Guideline of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology on Acute Myocardial Infarction Treatment with ST Segment Elevation]. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2015 Aug;105(2 Suppl 1):1-105. doi: 10.5935/abc.20150107. No abstract available. Portuguese.
PubMed 26375058Schmaltz HN, Southern D, Ghali WA, Jelinski SE, Parsons GA, King KM, Maxwell CJ. Living alone, patient sex and mortality after acute myocardial infarction. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 May;22(5):572-8. doi: 10.1007/s11606-007-0106-7.
PubMed 17443363Clark A, Seidler A, Miller M. Inverse association between sense of humor and coronary heart disease. Int J Cardiol. 2001 Aug;80(1):87-8. doi: 10.1016/s0167-5273(01)00470-3.
PubMed 11575268Fry WF Jr. The physiologic effects of humor, mirth, and laughter. JAMA. 1992 Apr 1;267(13):1857-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.267.13.1857. No abstract available.
PubMed 1545471Lebowitz KR, Suh S, Diaz PT, Emery CF. Effects of humor and laughter on psychological functioning, quality of life, health status, and pulmonary functioning among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a preliminary investigation. Heart Lung. 2011 Jul-Aug;40(4):310-9. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2010.07.010.
PubMed 21724041Brutsche MH, Grossman P, Muller RE, Wiegand J, Pello, Baty F, Ruch W. Impact of laughter on air trapping in severe chronic obstructive lung disease. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2008;3(1):185-92. doi: 10.2147/copd.s2204.
PubMed 18488442Strean WB. Laughter prescription. Can Fam Physician. 2009 Oct;55(10):965-7. No abstract available.
PubMed 19826144Vlachopoulos C, Xaplanteris P, Alexopoulos N, Aznaouridis K, Vasiliadou C, Baou K, Stefanadi E, Stefanadis C. Divergent effects of laughter and mental stress on arterial stiffness and central hemodynamics. Psychosom Med. 2009 May;71(4):446-53. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318198dcd4. Epub 2009 Feb 27.
PubMed 19251872
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 21 Aug 2018. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effects of Laugh Therapy Associated to Cardiopulmonary and Metabolic Rehabilitation in Ischemic Heart Disease: Randomized Clinical Trial
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02824120
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 13-0124
- Conditions
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Keywords
- ischemic heart disease, laugh therapy
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Unknown status
- Enrolment
- 36 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto AlegreUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Jun 2013 (actual)
- Primary completion
- Mar 2019 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Mar 2019 (estimated)
- First posted
- 6 Jul 2016 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Laugh is more than visual and vocal behave, is always followed by a series of physiological changes, including contractions of musculoskeletal system, increase of cardiac frequency by catecholamine release and hyperventilation that promoves the increase of maximum breathing and oxygen saturation. Laugh therapy may be an alternative therapy, simple, and improve the quality of life of individuals can influence physiological and biochemical parameters of the human body.
Detailed description
Methods: Randomized clinical trial with patients from outpatient ischemic heart disease of the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre , patients of both sexes in all regular monitoring. All patients will perform 30 minutes of stretching before film sessions. The exercises will be mild to moderate (modified Borg scale between 3 and 6).
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (investigator)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Comedy | Experimental | Other: Comedypatients in this group will watch a comedy film that will not exceed 30 minutes |
| Documentary | Experimental | Other: Documentarypatients in this group will watch a documentary film that will not exceed 30 minutes. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 40 to 80 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- ischemic heart disease diagnosis established by cardiac catheterization, with 50% lesion in at least one epicardial vessel (if the patient has had an acute coronary syndrome or have been revascularized, the event time is expected to exceed 6 months).
- Both sexes
- With availability to come to HCPA twice a week
- In conditions of entering into a cardiac rehabilitation program with exercise.
Key exclusion criteria (14 listed)
- Involvement in another clinical trial.
- Presence of autoimmune disease
- Use of oral anticoagulant
- Valvulopathy with mechanical or biological cardiac prosthesis
- Presence pacemaker or implantable cardioverter
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Comedypatients will watch comedy film | Other | Comedy |
| Documentarypatients will watch a documentary film | Other | Documentary |
Primary outcome
Cardiopulmonary exercise test
Time frame: 48 months
The maximum functional capacity is measured by a maximal cardiopulmonary exercise test with expired gas analysis,in the treadmill Inbramed® KT 10200 (Porto Alegre, Brazil).
1 secondary outcome
Quality of life Questionnaire
Time frame: 48 months
Results and safety
Results are not available in the source record.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 21 Aug 2018.
- Background: PubMed 16442885Cortes O, Arthur HM. Determinants of referral to cardiac rehabilitation programs in patients with coronary artery disease: a systematic review. Am Heart J. 2006 Feb;151(2):249-56. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.03.034.
- Background: PubMed 16274344Briffa TG, Eckermann SD, Griffiths AD, Harris PJ, Heath MR, Freedman SB, Donaldson LT, Briffa NK, Keech AC. Cost-effectiveness of rehabilitation after an acute coronary event: a randomised controlled trial. Med J Aust. 2005 Nov 7;183(9):450-5. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07121.x.
- Background: PubMed 15465501Yeh GY, Wood MJ, Lorell BH, Stevenson LW, Eisenberg DM, Wayne PM, Goldberger AL, Davis RB, Phillips RS. Effects of tai chi mind-body movement therapy on functional status and exercise capacity in patients with chronic heart failure: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Med. 2004 Oct 15;117(8):541-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.04.016.
- Background: PubMed 2665973O'Connor GT, Buring JE, Yusuf S, Goldhaber SZ, Olmstead EM, Paffenbarger RS Jr, Hennekens CH. An overview of randomized trials of rehabilitation with exercise after myocardial infarction. Circulation. 1989 Aug;80(2):234-44. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.80.2.234.
- Background: PubMed 14652490Lu WA, Kuo CD. The effect of Tai Chi Chuan on the autonomic nervous modulation in older persons. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2003 Dec;35(12):1972-6. doi: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000099242.10669.F7.
- Background: PubMed 11439709Martin RA. Humor, laughter, and physical health: methodological issues and research findings. Psychol Bull. 2001 Jul;127(4):504-19. doi: 10.1037/0033-2909.127.4.504.
- Background: PubMed 12891204Piegas LS, Avezum A, Pereira JC, Neto JM, Hoepfner C, Farran JA, Ramos RF, Timerman A, Esteves JP; AFIRMAR Study Investigators. Risk factors for myocardial infarction in Brazil. Am Heart J. 2003 Aug;146(2):331-8. doi: 10.1016/S0002-8703(03)00181-9.
- Background: PubMed 26375058Avezum Junior A, Feldman A, Carvalho AC, Sousa AC, Mansur Ade P, Bozza AE, Falcao Bde A, Markman Filho BM, Polanczyk CA, Gun C, Serrano Junior CV, Oliveira CC, Moreira D, Precoma DB, Magnoni D, Albuquerque DC, Romano ER, Stefanini E, Santos ES, God EM, Ribeiro EE, Brito FS, Feitosa-Filho GS, Arruda GD, Oliveira GB, Lima GG, Dohman H, Liguori IM, Costa Junior Jde R, Saraiva JF, Maia LN, Moreira LF, Santos MA, Canesin MF, Coutinho MS, Moretti AM, Ghorayeb N, Vieira NW, Dutra OP, Coelho OR, Leaes PE, Rossi PR, Andrade PB, Lemos Neto PA, Pavanello R, Costa RV, Bassan R, Esporcatte R, Miranda R, Giraldez RR, Ramos RF, Martins SK, Esteves VB, Mathias Junior W; Brazilian Society of Cardiology. [V Guideline of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology on Acute Myocardial Infarction Treatment with ST Segment Elevation]. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2015 Aug;105(2 Suppl 1):1-105. doi: 10.5935/abc.20150107. No abstract available. Portuguese.
- Background: PubMed 17443363Schmaltz HN, Southern D, Ghali WA, Jelinski SE, Parsons GA, King KM, Maxwell CJ. Living alone, patient sex and mortality after acute myocardial infarction. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 May;22(5):572-8. doi: 10.1007/s11606-007-0106-7.
- Background: PubMed 11575268Clark A, Seidler A, Miller M. Inverse association between sense of humor and coronary heart disease. Int J Cardiol. 2001 Aug;80(1):87-8. doi: 10.1016/s0167-5273(01)00470-3.
- Background: PubMed 1545471Fry WF Jr. The physiologic effects of humor, mirth, and laughter. JAMA. 1992 Apr 1;267(13):1857-8. doi: 10.1001/jama.267.13.1857. No abstract available.
- Background: PubMed 21724041Lebowitz KR, Suh S, Diaz PT, Emery CF. Effects of humor and laughter on psychological functioning, quality of life, health status, and pulmonary functioning among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a preliminary investigation. Heart Lung. 2011 Jul-Aug;40(4):310-9. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2010.07.010.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Ricardo Stein, PhD principal investigator
Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Comedy and Documentary in people with Ischemic Heart Disease, run by Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre at 1 site in Brazil.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 14 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 Aug 2018. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Brazil. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
Results are not available in the source record.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Rosane M. Nery, PhD (0555133597634, rosane.nery@gmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Cardiopulmonary exercise test (time frame: 48 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT02824120, which also lists 22 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 21 Aug 2018.