Exercise and diet boost mental health in heart infection patients
NCT ID NCT06563609
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether adding physical rehabilitation and personalized nutrition to standard care helps patients with infective endocarditis (a serious heart infection) feel better during their hospital stay. The goal was to improve mental health and quality of life. The study was stopped early and included only 15 adults.
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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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15 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2025
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 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 * Clinical diagnosis of left-sided (native, prosthetic, or culture-negative) bacterial infective endocarditis mandating iv antibiotic treatment, including Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices infections, irrespective of cause and location as defined by the ESC modified Duke Criteria * Age ≥ 18 years EXCLUSION CRITERIA * Hemodynamic instability (defined as a systolic blood pressure \<90 mmHg and lactate \>2.2 mmol/l measured in an arterial blood gas. * Expected to be discharged within 3 days * Immunocompromised due to severe combined immunodeficiency, HIV, or hematological malignancy * Fungal endocarditis * Pregnancy * Unwilling or unable to sign or understand informed consent
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hvidovre Hospital
Hvidovre, 2650, Denmark
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