Can an AI coach get heart failure patients moving?
NCT ID NCT07750262
First seen Aug 06, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a mobile health program can help people with heart failure increase their physical activity and stay active. The program includes a smartphone app for goal-setting and self-monitoring, an AI-based health coach trained in motivational interviewing, and occasional messages encouraging movement. About 50 adults with heart failure will use the app for 12 weeks while wearing a Fitbit to track their steps. The goal is to see if this digital approach can make a real difference in daily activity levels.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- A mobile health intervention with an app, an AI-based health coach, and activity-promoting messages
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this approach could offer a practical, scalable way to help heart failure patients become more active, potentially improving their quality of life and long-term health.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is small and early, so results may not apply broadly. The AI coach's advice could occasionally be unsafe, and participants may not stick with the app over time.
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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 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Aug 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Nov 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.
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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: * Michigan Medicine patient with a diagnosis of heart failure (HF) * Age 18 years and older at screening and able to provide consent * New York Heart Association class 2 or 3 HF symptoms * Safe for home physical activity as determined by treating clinician * Own a smartphone with a compatible Apple or Android operating system * Fluent in spoken and written English Exclusion Criteria: * Hospitalized for HF within the prior 6 weeks * Orthopedic or neurological condition significantly limiting physical activity * Greater than mild cognitive impairment * Enrolled in hospice care * Severe valvular stenosis * Exercise-induced ventricular tachycardia * Obstructive left main or proximal left anterior descending coronary artery disease * Pulmonary hypertension treated with inhaled or intravenous therapy * Currently pregnant or planning to become pregnant * Determined to be unsafe for participation as assessed by the investigative team.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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