Can a custom rehab program help seniors with heart failure get stronger?
NCT ID NCT07350941
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study will test a cardiac rehabilitation program designed for people over 65 with heart failure. Participants will attend supervised exercise and education sessions twice a week for three months, starting while still in the hospital. The goal is to see if the program improves their ability to exercise, move around, and enjoy a better 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
- cardiac rehabilitation program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could become a standard approach to help older heart failure patients recover faster and feel better after hospitalization.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with only 114 participants, so results may not apply to all heart failure patients. The program requires regular in-person visits, which may be hard for some to maintain.
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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 114 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Jan 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jan 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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65 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 hospitalized for acute heart failure in a stable phase (on a stable dose or tapering intravenous diuretics for at least 48 hours, without intravenous inotropes or vasodilators for \>72 hours). * Baseline functional class II-III * Age ≥ 65 years * Able to walk \>4 meters * Any range of left ventricular ejection fraction Exclusion Criteria: * Moderate to severe dementia * Cardiac or other disease with a life expectancy \<12 months * Institutionalized patients or unable to travel to the rehabilitation center * Functional class I or IV * Uncontrolled arrhythmias * Inability to perform a basic exercise protocol
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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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Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro
Majadahonda, Madrid, 28222, Spain
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