New digital rehab could bring heart recovery to your living room
NCT ID NCT06759805
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests a 12-week home-based digital program called eCardiacRehab for people who have had a heart procedure (PCI). The program includes video messages, modules, and tracking to support recovery. Researchers want to see if patients will use it regularly and find it acceptable. The goal is to make cardiac rehabilitation more accessible, especially for older adults, women, and those with other health issues.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- home-based digital cardiac rehabilitation program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide an effective, accessible alternative to traditional center-based cardiac rehab, helping more patients recover at home.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small feasibility study (80 participants) focused on engagement and adherence, not yet testing health outcomes. The digital format may not suit all patients, and results may not generalize beyond Norway.
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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 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2035
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: * Adult Norwegian (or Scandinavian) speaking patients (≥ 18 years) who have a Norwegian national identification number, * With coronary artery disease after percutaneous coronary intervention * Are living at home and have internet available to them * Providing signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with cognitive impairment that may interfere with the ability to comply with the study protocol * Severe aortic stenosis * Severe arrhythmias * Expected lifetime less than one year as determined by study personnel * Otherwise clinically unstable * Not fully revascularized (awaits percutaneous coronary intervention or coronary artery bypass graft surgery) * Inability to comply with the study protocol due to any physical disability, somatic disease, or mental problems as determined by study personnel
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Haukeland University Hospital
Bergen, Norway
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