Heart failure patients may get fit from home in new study
NCT ID NCT07023536
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a home-based cardiac rehabilitation program using wearable devices and remote monitoring can improve exercise capacity in adults with chronic heart failure. Researchers will compare the home program to standard in-hospital rehab. The goal is to see if the home approach is as effective at boosting fitness and quality of life.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 205 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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.
Who is studied
dults aged 18 years or older with a diagnosis of chronic heart failure, including heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), mildly reduced ejection fraction (HFmrEF), or preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), and classified as NYHA functional class I to III, referred for cardiac rehabilitation at a tertiary care center. Participants must be clinically stable, receiving optimal medical therapy, and able to participate in either an in-person or home-based telerehabilitation program. Digital literacy, either of the patient or a caregiver, is required for inclusion in the telerehabilitation group. Both sexes are included. Patients with severe comorbidities that significantly limit life expectancy or with NYHA class IV heart failure are excluded.
- 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: * Age ≥ 18 years * Diagnosis of chronic heart failure for at least 6 months, with stable optimal medical therapy for at least 1 month * New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class I, II, or III * Hospitalization or outpatient visit requiring intravenous therapy (diuretics, vasodilators, or inotropes) within the past 12 months * Ability to provide informed consent or presence of a legal representative * Digital literacy of the patient and/or caregiver Exclusion Criteria: * Age \< 18 years * Pregnancy * NYHA class IV heart failure * Severe renal insufficiency (eGFR \<30 ml/min/1.73 m²) or on dialysis * Other serious illnesses significantly limiting life expectancy (e.g., end-stage cancer, advanced pulmonary disease)
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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 University San Giovanni di Dio e Ruggi d'Aragona
RECRUITINGSalerno, Italy
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