Veterans' heart failure study tests simple knee exercise fix
NCT ID NCT05115890
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at why veterans with a common type of heart failure (HFpEF) have trouble exercising due to poor blood flow in their leg muscles. Researchers will compare 35 veterans with HFpEF to healthy volunteers, then have the veterans do 8 weeks of knee exercises to see if it helps. The goal is to understand the problem and find a simple, drug-free way to improve daily life.
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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 35 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2022
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2028
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- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
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Who can take part
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18 years or older and able to give written informed consent * New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II or III * Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction (LVEF) \> 50% * Plasma Brain Natriuretic Peptide (BNP) \>200 pg/mL or NT-proBNP 400 pg/mL at enrollment Exclusion Criteria: * Prior EF of \<50%. * NYHA Class IV or HF that cannot be stabilized on optimized pharmacotherapy * Acute coronary syndrome, infiltrative cardiomyopathy, or myocarditis * Patients with HFpEF secondary to significant uncorrected primary valvular disease (except mitral regurgitation secondary to left ventricular dysfunction) * Orthopedic limitations that would prohibit knee-extensor exercise * Women currently taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) will be excluded from the proposed studies due to the direct vascular effects of HRT * Women who are pregnant or may become pregnant, but the typical age of female patients with HFpEF will be postmenopausal * Current smokers
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Locations
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VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT
RECRUITINGSalt Lake City, Utah, 84148-0001, United States
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