Locomotion and Global Positioning System in Arterial Disease (Starter-GPS)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00485147 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: June 12, 2007
Last Update Posted
: July 2, 2012
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Peripheral Arterial Disease | Procedure: Recording of GPS during a free walking in a public park | Not Applicable |
The study has two main objectives, conducted together. Each objective include several phases.
Objective 1: technical validation of GPS measurements in healthy subjects.
phase 1: technical validation of a GPS device to study outdoor walking (completed).
phase 2: comparison and use of various GPS devices (intra- and inter-GPS variability) in the study outdoor walking (on-going).
phase 3: study of several factors that could influence accuracy of GPS measurements as walking speed, environment, sampling frequency and others technical features as the WAAS/EGNOS function (on-going).
Objective 2: Application in PAD patients to study walking capacity under free-living conditions
phase 1: comparison of GPS measurements (maximal walking distance) with the gold standard treadmill measurement of maximal walking distance (completed).
phase 2: analysis of the variability of the walking capacity under free-living conditions from GPS measurements (completed).
phase 3: study of reliability and sensibility (effect of treatment) of GPS measurements (on-going).
phase 4: study of the relationship between laboratory measurements of walking capacity and GPS-derived parameters.
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 140 participants |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Diagnostic |
Official Title: | Study of Human Locomotion With Global Positioning System. Application to Patients With Peripheral Arterial Disease |
Study Start Date : | March 2006 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | December 2010 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2010 |

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Procedure: Recording of GPS during a free walking in a public park
- Validate the ability of GPS to detect walking and resting bouts and to accurately estimate walking speed and distance in normal subjects. [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Measurement of maximal walking distance using GPS and comparison with treadmill measurement in PAD patients. [ Time Frame: 2 years ]
- Determine the variability of the walking capacity and its potential determinants in PAD patients. [ Time Frame: 3 years ]
- Analyse the reliability and sensibility of GPS measurements of the walking capacity in PAD patients. [ Time Frame: 4 years ]
- Analyse potential factors that could affect the accuracy of GPS measurements [ Time Frame: 4 years ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Ankle to Brachial Index (ABI) < 0.95 for PAD patients
- Age > 18 years old
- Able to walk on treadmill
Exclusion Criteria:
- limb pain of potential non-vascular origin
- myocardial infraction in the last six months
- uncontrolled angina pectoris

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00485147
France | |
Centre hospitalier universitaire | |
Angers, France, 49933 |
Study Director: | Pierre Abraham, MD, PhD | Laboratory for Vascular Investigations. University Hospital. Angers. France. |
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Responsible Party: | University Hospital, Angers |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00485147 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
CP 2005-04 |
First Posted: | June 12, 2007 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | July 2, 2012 |
Last Verified: | April 2010 |
Keywords provided by University Hospital, Angers:
Claudication peripheral arterial disease Diagnosis |
Exercise Walking impairment Disability |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Peripheral Arterial Disease Peripheral Vascular Diseases Atherosclerosis Arteriosclerosis |
Arterial Occlusive Diseases Vascular Diseases Cardiovascular Diseases |