Pilot study probes safe exercise limits for rare heart condition
NCT ID NCT06823271
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed pilot study looked at how moderate exercise affects heart function and dangerous heart rhythms in 20 adults with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM). Participants did different types of exercise while doctors measured heart pressures and electrical activity. The goal is to understand which types of exercise might be safer for people with ACM.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help doctors give safer exercise advice to people with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study (20 people) that only measures short-term effects. It cannot prove long-term safety or benefit.
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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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20 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Finished
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Mar 2026
- 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 to 99 years
- 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 years of age * Diagnosis of definitive or borderline arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (ACM) with or without implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) Exclusion Criteria: * Age \<18 years of age * Manifest acute heart failure * Intracardiac shunts * Pre-existing precapillary pulmonary hypertension * Clinical suspicion of new coronary artery disease or disease progression * More than grade II valvular heart disease at resting echocardiography
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Technische Universität München
München, 81675, Germany
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