Heart prep: 8-Week home workout may shield stem cell patients
NCT ID NCT05945121
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether an 8-week, at-home exercise program can improve heart and lung fitness in patients at high risk for heart problems who are about to receive a stem cell transplant. Ten adults will follow a personalized workout plan using a heart rate app. The main goal is to see if the program is practical and acceptable, with early signs of benefit.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- personalized home exercise program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that a simple exercise program before stem cell transplant helps protect heart health and reduce complications.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 10 participants. It is not designed to prove the program works, only that it can be done. Results may not apply to all patients.
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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 10 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2023
- Expected to finish
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Aug 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: * Adult 18 years or older * Referred for HSCT evaluation * Presence of least one CV risk factor at enrollment (hypertension, hyperlipidemia, atrial fibrillation, obesity, heart failure, history of coronary artery disease, diabetes) * Able to ambulate unassisted * Ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent * Ability to use Polar Flow heart rate application Exclusion Criteria: * Severe anemia (hemoglobin \<7 gm/dl) * Untreated high-risk coronary artery disease (left main, triple vessel disease) * Severe aortic stenosis * Recent fracture as assessed via self-report * Gross balance deficits * Severe pain with basic movement * Unable to ambulate unassisted or exercise * NYHA class IV heart failure * Adults unable to give consent, pregnant women, and prisoners are excluded from this study.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center
RECRUITINGAnn Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States
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