Breathing and muscle training may help heart failure patients recover faster
NCT ID NCT07506499
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 07, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether combining breathing exercises with mild electrical muscle stimulation can help people hospitalized with worsening heart failure. 135 patients will be split into three groups: one gets both treatments plus standard care, one gets breathing exercises only, and one gets standard care alone. The goal is to see if these therapies improve heart function, breathing strength, and daily activity.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Inspiratory muscle trainer and functional electrical stimulation
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a simple, non-drug rehab approach to help heart failure patients breathe easier and move better.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 135 participants. The devices may not provide lasting benefits, and results may not apply to all heart failure patients.
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Study facts
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- 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 135 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Sep 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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45 to 65 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: * Aged from 45 to 65 years old * Both sexes * Hospitalized heart failure patients with ejection fraction \< 40% * Conscious and cooperative * Able to participate in training actively Exclusion Criteria: * Acute major cardiovascular events (e.g., acute coronary syndrome, stroke, or pulmonary embolism) * Uncontrolled life-threatening arrhythmias * Severe valvular heart disease requiring urgent surgery * Pregnancy * End-stage renal disease requiring dialysis * Significant pulmonary diseases such as pulmonary arterial hypertension, * Implanted pacemaker * Clinically significant peripheral vascular disease * Severe anemia * Exercise-induced angina or ST-segment changes
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Beni-Suef University Hospital
RECRUITINGBanī Suwayf, Beni-Suef Governorate, Egypt
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