Heart fix combo: ablation plus exercise may boost oxygen in stiff heart failure
NCT ID NCT06650995
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at whether combining a heart procedure called ablation with a 12-week home exercise program can improve how well the body uses oxygen in people with a type of heart failure (HFpEF) and a common heart rhythm problem (atrial fibrillation). About 40 participants will be enrolled. The goal is to see if the combination works better than either treatment alone.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- exercise training and heart ablation
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a combined treatment approach that improves exercise capacity and heart function in patients with both heart failure and atrial fibrillation.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study with only 40 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The exercise program is short (12 weeks), and long-term benefits are unknown.
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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 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Feb 2027
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
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 to 99 years
- 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: * Diagnosed heart failure with preserved ejection fraction * Symptomatic short-persistent atrial fibrillation (diagnosis within 1 year of study inclusion) Exclusion Criteria: * Paroxysmal, long-persistent or permanent atrial fibrillation * Clinically unstable coronary artery disease or acute coronary syndrome * Physical and/or mental inability to perform exercise testing * Prior ablation therapy * Precapillary pulmonary hypertension at rest * Intracardiac shunts * Left ventricular ejection fraction \<50% * High-degree valve insufficiency or stenosis (greater than grade 1 at rest)
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Medicine, Division of Prevention and Sports Medicine TU Munich
RECRUITINGMunich, 80809, Germany
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