New rehab program aims to protect cancer Survivors' hearts
NCT ID NCT07622394
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a structured heart-health program can improve heart outcomes in 800 cancer survivors who have heart problems or high heart risk. The program includes exercise, nutrition advice, stress support, and risk-factor management over 12 months. Researchers will compare heart events like heart attacks or hospitalizations between those in the program and those getting usual care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- structured cardio-oncology rehabilitation program (exercise, nutrition, psychosocial support, risk-factor management, education)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide an effective way to reduce heart problems in cancer survivors, improving their long-term health and quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a new study that hasn't started yet, so results are uncertain. The program is intensive and may be hard for some people to stick with, and it's not yet known if it will clearly reduce heart events.
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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 800 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2029
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 months 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 or older, regardless of sex. * Histologically or cytologically confirmed solid tumor or hematologic malignancy. * Completed curative anti-cancer therapy, or receiving stable adjuvant, maintenance, or palliative anti-cancer therapy. * Meets at least one criterion for cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) or high cardiovascular risk, including reduced LVEF after anti-cancer therapy, high-dose anthracycline exposure, chest radiotherapy with cardiovascular risk factors, heart failure after anti-cancer therapy, or elevated cardiac injury/heart failure biomarkers. * Estimated life expectancy of at least 24 months as assessed by the treating oncologist. * Able to complete baseline cardiopulmonary exercise testing and has no absolute contraindication to exercise training. * Able and willing to provide written informed consent and comply with study intervention and follow-up. Exclusion Criteria: * Active progressive malignancy requiring urgent anti-cancer therapy, or estimated life expectancy less than 24 months. * Severe structural heart disease, including severe valvular disease, congenital heart disease, end-stage heart failure, or waiting for heart transplantation or left ventricular assist device implantation. * Absolute contraindications to exercise training, including uncontrolled malignant arrhythmia, acute myocarditis or pericarditis, acute coronary syndrome within 2 weeks, severe anemia, severe thrombocytopenia or neutropenia, uncontrolled hypertension, active infection, or severe musculoskeletal disease preventing exercise training. * Participation in a structured cardiac rehabilitation program within the previous 12 months, or regular moderate-to-vigorous aerobic or resistance training for at least 3 months before enrollment. * Implanted ICD or CRT, except pacemakers with exercise mode. * Severe psychiatric disease or cognitive impairment preventing participation. * Concurrent participation in another interventional clinical trial, or planned participation in another interventional clinical trial during the study period. * Any other condition that, in the investigator's judgment, makes the participant unsuitable for the study.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University
Ürümqi, Xinjiang, 830054, China
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