Heat therapy for leg pain from peripheral artery disease
Part of Heart & circulation, Injuries & trauma clinical trials.
This study tests whether heat therapy (like warm baths or heat packs) can improve blood flow and walking ability in people with peripheral artery disease (PAD). If you have leg pain when walking due to PAD, this treatment might help you walk further with less discomfort.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older.
- You have been diagnosed with peripheral artery disease (PAD) that causes leg pain when walking (intermittent claudication).
- Your ankle-brachial index (a simple test comparing arm and leg blood pressures) is below 0.9, or it drops after exercise.
- You can walk on your own without help.
- You speak English and can follow instructions.
- You have never had heat syncope (fainting due to heat).
- If you are a woman, you are past menopause or not taking hormone therapy.
- You do not have: leg pain from other causes, critical limb ischemia (severe PAD with rest pain), or diabetes with nerve damage.
- You are not currently receiving cancer treatment and have no recent history of frequent sauna or hot tub use.
- You do not have severe aortic stenosis, unstable angina, or recent heart attack, stroke, or TIA.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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