Heart failure study tests if a coach — in person or on video — boosts exercise and Well-Being
NCT ID NCT05784753
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether meeting with a coach, either in person or by video, helps adults with a certain type of heart failure (HFpEF) exercise more regularly. About 300 participants will be split into three groups for 18 months: one with no coach, one with in-person coaching, and one with video coaching. Everyone gets a fitness center membership, a watch, and a heart rate monitor. The goal is to see if coaching improves exercise habits, quality of life, and blood markers.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * 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 * Any of the following evidence to confirm HFpEF - Score\< 6 on Heavy Hypertensive Atrial Fibrillation, Pulmonary Hypertension, Elder, Filling Pressure algorithm, invasive hemodynamic evidence of HFpEF(i.e., elevated pulmonary wedge pressure), or a confirmed clinical diagnosis of HFpEF Exclusion Criteria: * Life-limiting illness precluding study completion * Clinical evidence of decompensated heart failure * Unstable angina or marked shortness of breath on exertion at less than 2 metabolic equivalents * Myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft, or biventricular pacemaker in prior 6 weeks * Orthopedic or neuromuscular disorders preventing aerobic exercise * Cardiopulmonary exercise test results that preclude safe exercise * Unwilling/unable to complete pre-randomization procedures * Pregnancy * Implantable cardioverter defibrillator
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Henry Ford Health System
RECRUITINGDetroit, Michigan, 49201, United States
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University of Nebraska Medical Center
RECRUITINGOmaha, Nebraska, 68198-5330, United States
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University of Virginia
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCharlottesville, Virginia, 22903, United States
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