Could your lifetime workout routine protect your heart?
NCT ID NCT06261216
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether being physically active over a lifetime is linked to developing a rare heart disease called wild-type transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy. Researchers compared the exercise histories of 180 people over age 60, including those with the disease, those with heart failure, and healthy individuals. The goal was to see if more activity might lower the risk of this condition.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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180 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- 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.
Who is studied
Number of participants: 180 The study population will comprise three subgroups (n=60 in each group) 1. cardiac wild type transthyretin amyloidosis (wtATTR-CM); 2. heart failure (HF); 3. healthy individuals without heart disease
- Ages
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60 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: 1. Confirmed diagnosis of wtATTR-CM including sequencing of the TTR gene; or HF; or healthy proband without a diagnosis of heart disease\* 2. Initial diagnosis of respective cardiac disease (wtATTR-CM, HF) after the 6th decade of life; or no cardiac disease (healthy control) 3. Willingness and ability to provide signed informed consent form (ICF) 4. Age \> 60 years Exclusion Criteria: 1. History of severe chronic illness limiting the ability to perform physical activity during the 3rd to 6th decade 2. A diagnosis of dementia or cognitive impairment 3. Any other reason resulting in the inability to perform the questionnaire and/or interview 4. Known disease-causing variant (pathogenic or likely-pathogenic) in the TTR gene * defined as an individual without one of the following diagnoses: * Cardiomyopathy of any origin, defined as a myocardial disorder with structural and functional abnormalities in the absence of coronary artery disease, hypertension, valvular disease, and congenital heart disease sufficient to cause the observed myocardial abnormality; or * Heart failure regardless of aetiology, defined as presence of distinct cardinal symptoms (e.g. breathlessness, ankle swelling, fatigue) that may be accompanied by signs (e.g. elevated jugular venous pressure, peripheral oedema), due to a structural and/or functional abnormality of the heart, regardless of systolic function or aetiology; or * Clinically significant coronary artery disease, defined as 1) a history of coronary intervention; or 2) inducible myocardial ischemia and ischaemic chest pain (angina pectoris) due to flow-limiting stenoses, diffuse atherosclerotic lesions, structural abnormalities, congenital anomalies, dynamic epicardial vasospasm; or * Clinically significant valvular heart disease, defined as 1) a history of valvular surgery or intervention; or 2) moderate or severe stenosis or regurgitation; or * Hypertrophic phenotype defined as enddiastolic maximal wall thickness ≥ 15mm; or * History of arrhythmias or significant conduction disease, defined as ventricular brady- or tachyarrhythmias, atrial flutter or atrial fibrillation, sick sinus syndrome, or atrioventricular block greater than 1st degree block; or * History of sudden cardiac arrest, defined as sudden cessation of normal cardiac activity with haemodynamic collapse
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Medical University of Graz
Graz, Austria
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