New study tests simple ways to boost activity after heart valve surgery
NCT ID NCT06106451
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at whether motivational coaching and a home exercise program can help older adults become more active after a minimally invasive heart valve replacement called TAVR. Forty people who had the procedure took part. The goal was to see if these programs are practical and can improve recovery compared to standard care.
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Study facts
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- 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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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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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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65 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Undergoing TAVR procedure * ≥65 years old * Ambulatory at baseline without assistance * Approval of the interventional cardiologist that the patient is an appropriate candidate * Can access telephone or teleconference Exclusion Criteria: * Impaired cognition that would limit participation in study activities * Medical comorbidities that substantially limit exercise * Major cardiac comorbidities, including ejection fraction\<35%, history of cardiac arrest, complex dysrhythmias at rest, clinically-significant incomplete revascularization, implanted cardiac defibrillator. * Physical characteristics that substantially limit exercise * High fall risk (Johns Hopkins Fall Risk Assessment Tool indicating high risk) * Non-English Speaking * Vigorous exercise at least 2 times/week for \>30 minutes * Any other physician judgement
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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