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HEART Camp Connect -Promoting Exercise in Adults With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Led by University of Nebraska · Updated on 2026-01-16
300
Participants Needed
3
Research Sites
223 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this study is to learn more about patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and exercise. Investigators want to see if meeting with a coach in person or by video conference will help these patients exercise, feel better, and change markers in their blood. Participants will be randomly placed in one of three groups for 18 months. All groups will have access to a fitness center and be given a watch and heart rate monitor to wear during exercise. The usual care group (control group) will have access to exercise videos via the medical fitness center and will not meet with a coach. The HEART Camp group will exercise and meet with their coach in-person at the medical fitness center. The HEART Camp Connect group will have access to exercise videos via the medical fitness center and will meet with their coach via videoconferencing. All participants will take part in an exercise test and study training prior to being randomized. At four data collection time points, participants will wear an activity monitor for 7 days each, have their blood drawn, and answer questions related to heart failure and exercise. Participants will also wear a heart rate monitor when they exercise and fill out a daily exercise diary.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
HEART Camp Connect -Promoting Exercise in Adults With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Diagnosis of heart failure with an ejection fraction greater than or equal to 50
- Echocardiogram in prior 24 months
- Stable pharmacologic therapy in the past 30 days
- Evidence confirming HFpEF: score less than 6 on specific algorithm, invasive hemodynamic evidence, or confirmed clinical diagnosis
You will not qualify if you...
- Life-limiting illness preventing study completion
- Clinical evidence of decompensated heart failure
- Unstable angina or severe shortness of breath with minimal exertion
- Recent myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass, or biventricular pacemaker within 6 weeks
- Orthopedic or neuromuscular disorders preventing aerobic exercise
- Unsafe cardiopulmonary exercise test results
- Unable or unwilling to complete pre-randomization procedures
- Pregnancy
- Having an implantable cardioverter defibrillator
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 3 locations
1
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, Michigan, United States, 49201
Actively Recruiting
2
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198-5330
Actively Recruiting
3
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22903
Not Yet Recruiting
Research Team
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Windy W Alonso, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
DOUBLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
3
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