Home rehab for heart failure: a new way to heal?
NCT ID NCT06269263
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a home-based exercise program is practical for people with chronic heart failure who have just been hospitalized. Thirty patients were taught exercises by a physiotherapist and did them at home for 12 weeks. The goal was to see how many completed the program and how their quality of life and exercise capacity changed.
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 cardiac rehabilitation (exercise program guided by physiotherapists)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that heart failure patients can safely exercise at home, improving their quality of life and physical function without needing to travel to a clinic.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study with only 30 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. It only measures feasibility, not whether the program actually improves health outcomes.
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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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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Finished
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Apr 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.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: * Chronic heart failure irrespective of the ejection fraction * Recent history of acute cardiac decompensation leading to hospitalization Exclusion Criteria: * Patients not willing to participate * Patients with orthopedic diseases limiting their mobility * Cognitive diseases that hinder adequate participation in the opinion of the investigator * Inpatient rehabilitation.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Universitätsklinikum Leipzig
Leipzig, Saxony, 04103, Germany
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