Heart patients get cash and coaching to boost rehab attendance

NCT ID NCT07123480

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Baystate Medical Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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

Summary

This study tests whether offering heart patients extra support—like a $50 incentive, text messages, case management, and coaching—helps more of them attend cardiac rehabilitation, a program that only 30% of eligible patients currently use. Researchers will also try different ways of asking patients for permission to join the study, to see which approach gets the most people to participate. The goal is to find better strategies to improve heart health in the community.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: monetary incentive, text messages, case management, and physical activity coaching
What this could lead to: If successful, this could point to a simple, low-cost way to help more heart patients attend cardiac rehabilitation, which is proven to improve health.
What could go wrong: This is a small pilot study, so results may not apply to all hospitals or patients. The extra support may not significantly increase attendance.

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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 160 people

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

Started

Jul 2025

Expected to finish

Jun 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

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: * Only Baystate Medical Center (Springfield, Massachusetts ) adult patients over age 18 who are admitted to Baystate Medical Center Hospital with a non-surgical qualifying diagnosis for outpatient CR will be included. Common diagnoses include all patients with myocardial infarction, stable angina, percutaneous coronary intervention, transcutaneous aortic/mitral valve replacement, and heart failure. Exclusion Criteria: \- Patients with coronary artery bypass graft surgery, heart valve surgery, or other open-heart surgical procedures will be excluded, as these patients are much more likely attend CR, typically around 70%. In addition, patients who are referred to CR programs outside the region, where enrollment cannot be tracked, will be excluded.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

coronary artery disorder Coronary Disease heart failure myocardial infarction

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Aortic valve replacement Cardiac rehabilitation Coronary heart disease (CHD) ETHICS Heart failure Myocardial infarction (MI) Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

Heart patients get cash and coaching to boost rehab attendance

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