Can a fitness app boost recovery after heart valve replacement?
NCT ID NCT07008911
First seen Aug 03, 2026 · Last updated Aug 04, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether an eight-week digital cardiac rehabilitation program using the Peloton app can improve physical activity and recovery in people who have had a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). Participants are randomly assigned to either the digital rehab program or an educational control. The study tracks daily steps, functional capacity, and quality of life over 12 months to see if the program helps patients become more active and feel better.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- CardioHeartConnect, a digital cardiac rehabilitation program using the Peloton app
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this could offer a convenient, home-based rehabilitation option to improve physical activity and quality of life for people recovering from heart valve replacement.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is relatively small and the intervention is behavioral, so results may vary. Participants must be able to use the app and smartwatch, which may limit who can benefit.
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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 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Aug 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.
- 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: * Appropriate for cardiac rehabilitation (CR) referral, as determined by the UCHealth Structural Heart \& Valve Clinic team * Community-dwelling * Reside in the United States * Able to speak and understand English * Able to provide informed consent * Able to stand with or without an assistive device * Able to see and hear content on the Peloton App via phone, tablet, or computer Exclusion Criteria: \- Determined to be inappropriate for cardiac rehabilitation referral by the UCHealth Structural Heart and Valve Clinic team
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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UCHealth Structural Heart and Valve Clinic
RECRUITINGAurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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