New digital tool aims to keep heart patients on track after rehab
NCT ID NCT07252856
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 01, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether a digital support program (called DEEPER) helps heart patients maintain their health after completing cardiac rehab. About 306 adults with heart disease or heart failure will be split into two groups: one gets standard follow-up care, the other gets standard care plus the DEEPER digital tools. The main goal is to see if the digital program improves heart health and mood over 6 months.
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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 306 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jul 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
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- 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, men and women; * patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) (acute coronary syndrome or chronic coronary syndrome and ischemic heart failure); * patients who completed phase II CR and are therefore eligible for CR phase III (maintenance). Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to sign the informed consent; * unable or unwilling to use digital devices due to mental/cognitive issues or without a support person helping them to access the respective technical devices; * pregnant, lactating or women planning pregnancy during the course of the trial.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
6 sites in 4 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Associação para Investigação e Desenvolvimento da Faculdade de Medicina - AIDFM, representing Instituto Medicina Preventiva e Saúde Public (IMPSP) & Instituto de Saúde Ambiental (ISAMB)
RECRUITINGLisbon, Portugal
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Carlo Cattaneo - LIUC University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCastellanza, Italy
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Centre for Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital of Bern, Bern Switzerland
RECRUITINGBern, Switzerland
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IRCCS Dongnocchi
RECRUITINGMilan, 20148, Italy
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Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA - Società Benefit, IRCCS, Lumezzane
RECRUITINGLumezzane, Italy
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KU Leuven, Kaatje Goetschalckx, KU Leuven
RECRUITINGLeuven, Belgium
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