Heart healing from the inside out: resilience training may boost recovery after cardiac events
NCT ID NCT06332859
First seen Jul 09, 2026 · Last updated Jul 10, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether adding resilience training—a mix of group therapy and relaxation exercises—to standard rehabilitation helps people recover from Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (broken heart syndrome) or a recent heart attack. Participants attend two group therapy sessions and two relaxation sessions during their inpatient rehab. The goal is to see if this extra support improves their ability to bounce back from stress and enhances quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- resilience training (psychological group therapy and relaxation training)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a better way to support emotional recovery after a heart event, potentially reducing stress and improving quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 130 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The training is brief and may not produce lasting changes.
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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 130 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2024
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
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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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: * patients experienced TakoTsubo cardiomyopathy (I42.88, I42.9) or patients after an acute coronary event (I21.9) (max. 6 month post event) * older than 18 years * signed consent form Exclusion Criteria: * Acute intercurrent illness (longer than 3 days) * No sufficient knowledge of German to enable participation in the resilience training (assessment by recruiting person)
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Rehabilitationszentrum Bad Tatzmannsdorf
RECRUITINGBad Tatzmannsdorf, Burgenland, 7431, Austria
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