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Heart patients to fight fatigue with smartphone farming game

NCT ID NCT05641662

Symptom relief Sponsor: Linkoeping University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This international study tests whether a smartphone game called Heart Farming can help inactive heart failure patients sit less and move more. 750 participants will either get standard activity advice or the game, which rewards walking with virtual farm products. The goal is to see if the game improves exercise capacity, reduces frailty, and boosts quality of life over 3 months.

What this could mean

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Active substance
Heart Farming mobile exergame
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a fun, accessible way for heart failure patients to become more active and improve their daily life.
What could go wrong
This is a behavioral intervention, not a drug; results depend on patient engagement. The study is early-stage and may not show significant benefits.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

About 750 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

May 2022

Expected to finish

Jul 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

A government agency

The lead sponsor is a government body.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 years and older

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: 1. Diagnosed with symptomatic HF (NYHA II-IV) as diagnosed by cardiologist, (independent of Ejection Fraction: Patients with a preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), mid-range ejection fraction (HFmrREF) or reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) can be included. 2. Clinically stable 3. Physically inactive 4. Older than 18 years, there is no upper age limit, 5. Speak/understand the language of the country where the study is taking place. 6. Wanting to use a smartphone for the study (if patients do not have a smartphone, they can borrow it from the study team for the duration of the study) Exclusion Criteria: 1. Unable to use an exergame due to visual, hearing, cognitive impairment assessed by HF nurse or cardiologist. 2. Not being able to perform the 6-minute walk test. 3. Not being able or willing to wear an activity monitor. 4. Currently included in a rehabilitation program 5. Lack of willingness to play an exergame. 6. Co-morbidity that hinders benefitting for this form of exercise (history of stroke, severe cognitive dysfunction, or a life expectancy shorter than 6 months).

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

cardiovascular disorder heart failure

As listed by the trial registrant

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Cardiovascular diseases

How to take part

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  1. The places running it

    10 sites in 4 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.

  2. The official record

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Germans Trias i Pujol Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Barcelona, Spain

  • Hospital de Bellvitge

    RECRUITING

    Barcelona, Spain

  • Hospital del Mar

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Barcelona, Spain

  • INCLIVA

    RECRUITING

    Valencia, Spain

  • Jönköping Hospital Rydhov

    RECRUITING

    Jönköping, Sweden

  • Kalmar Länssjukhuset

    TERMINATED

    Kalmar, Sweden

  • Linköping University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Linköping, Sweden

  • P. J. Safarik University

    RECRUITING

    Košice, Slovakia

  • Primary Health Care Centers Östergötland

    RECRUITING

    Norrköping, 60591, Sweden

  • Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Medicina

    RECRUITING

    Porto, Portugal

  • Vrinnevisjukhuset

    RECRUITING

    Norrköping, Sweden

  • Xarxa Assistencial Universitaria

    RECRUITING

    Manresa, Spain

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