Heart failure patients may boost fitness with online lifestyle program
NCT ID NCT07661732
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a 6-month digital education program—with short videos on exercise, healthy eating, and stress management—can improve exercise capacity and quality of life in adults with heart failure and overweight or obesity. Fifty-two participants will be randomly assigned to either the digital program plus usual care or usual care alone. The main outcome is change in peak oxygen uptake (a measure of fitness) after 6 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- digital lifestyle education program
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a convenient, home-based way to improve exercise capacity and quality of life for people with heart failure and excess weight.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 52 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The program relies on self-motivation, and some people may not find it helpful.
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Study facts
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- 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 52 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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Jun 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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: * Age over 18 years * Body mass index (BMI) over 27 kg/m² * Symptoms consistent with heart failure * Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 50% or higher * Elevated NT-proBNP according to the European Society of Cardiology age-adjusted rule-in thresholds: 125 pg/mL or higher if under 50 years, 250 pg/mL or higher if 50 to 75 years, and 500 pg/mL or higher if 75 years or older * Echocardiographic abnormalities: left ventricular hypertrophy, left atrial enlargement, or diastolic dysfunction Exclusion Criteria: * Body mass index (BMI) over 40 kg/m² * Life expectancy of less than 1 year * Chronic kidney disease on renal replacement therapy * Moderate or greater valvular heart disease * Inability to exercise
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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IMIBIC
Córdoba, Córdoba, 14004, Spain
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