Status:

RECRUITING

Digital Assessment of Real-World Walking Activity in Pulmonary Hypertension: A Prospective Multicenter Trial

Lead Sponsor:

Simon Jäger

Collaborating Sponsors:

Klinikum Nürnberg

LMU Klinikum

Conditions:

Pulmonary Hypertension

Precapillary Pulmonary Hypertension

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

The goal of this observational study is to validate digital mobility outcomes for monitoring the treatment and disease progression in adult patients with pulmonary hypertension. The main question it a...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Pulmonary hypertension confirmed by right heart catheterization
  • Presence of precapillary pulmonary hypertension at time of recruitment, defined as mean pulmonary arterial pressure (MAP) ≥ 20 mmHg, pulmonary arterial wedge pressure (PAWP) ≤ 15 mmHg and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) \> 2 Wood units (160 dyn·s·cm-5)
  • After the right heart catheterization another follow-up visit is required in 3, 6, or 12 months
  • Independent walking without assistance and a 6-min walking distance \> 100m
  • WHO Functional Class I-III
  • Ability to provide informed consent and to participate in the study procedures
  • Willingness to wear the Axivity AX6 Sensor for 7 days

Exclusion

  • Hospitalization for a pulmonological disease within the 30 days prior to study recruitment
  • Neurological or orthopedic disease which limits walking ability
  • Acute pain which limits walking ability
  • Poor vision, which limits walking ability
  • Terminal illness with life expectancy \< 1 year
  • Ongoing treatment for malignancy
  • Acute psychosis or other severe psychiatric illness
  • Substance dependence

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 19 2024

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

April 1 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

77 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT07137260

Start Date

April 19 2024

End Date

April 1 2027

Last Update

August 22 2025

Active Locations (4)

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1

Robert Bosch Hospital

Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 70376

2

Internal Medicine Clinic V, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Clinic

Munich, Bavaria, Germany, 81377

3

Klinikum Nuremberg

Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany, 90419

4

SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn GmbH - Fachklinik Löwenstein

Löwenstein, Germany, 74245