Teens with heart disease try home video workouts to boost fitness
NCT ID NCT06015191
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether live, group exercise sessions delivered via video chat can improve fitness in teens (ages 12-19) with certain types of congenital heart disease. 74 participants will either join the remote exercise program or receive standard exercise handouts. The main goal is to see if the remote program improves peak oxygen use during exercise (a key fitness measure) over 12 weeks.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Remote cardiac rehabilitation (live video exercise sessions)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a convenient, effective way for teens with heart disease to improve their fitness and heart health from home.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial (74 people) testing feasibility and short-term effects. The exercise program may not improve fitness more than standard advice, and long-term benefits are unknown.
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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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About 74 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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12 to 19 years
- 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: 1. Age 12-19 years old 2. Male or Female 3. Diagnosed with one of three congenital heart diseases: Univentricular heart with Fontan Palliation Tetralogy of Fallot with transannular patch Dextro-transposition of the great arteries with arterial switch operation 4. Primary Cardiology clearance for exercise participation 5. Internet access in their homes 6. Available for in-home exercise between 4-7pm on at least 3 days of the Monday-Friday work week 7. English Speaking 8. Achieving maximal effort on a cardiopulmonary exercise test, defined as RER ≥1.1 and/or in the judgement of the supervising exercise physiologist, a maximal effort was achieved but exercise capacity is limited by musculoskeletal deconditioning. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Physically or developmentally unable to perform outcomes assessments or participate in moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity 2. Participating in \> 15 MET-hours per week (mean weekly average over the past 12-months) of organized athletic/exercise activity (not including school physical education class). 3. Height less than 132cm 4. Pregnancy or planned surgery or procedure (excluding outpatient, non-cardiac procedures) within the 12-week study period. 5. Meeting at least 1 exercise test safety or screening criteria on most recent exercise test (pre-study) or baseline outcomes visit exercise test 6. Presence of significant cardiac dysfunction that would impair safe participation in moderate-to-vigorous intensity exercise 7. Significant changes baseline echocardiogram or most recent clinical echocardiogram (from past clinical echocardiogram) such as decrease in ventricular and/or valvar function, new obstruction, or any new structural abnormalities 8. Uncontrolled or poorly controlled asthma 9. Presence of implanted cardioverter-defibrillator 10. Pacemaker with rate-responsive function initiated 11. Reliance on ventricular assist device 12. Prescribed milrinone medication 13. Listed for heart transplantation 14. Active engagement in hormone replacement for gender transition
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Locations
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Children's Mercy Kansas City
RECRUITINGKansas City, Missouri, 64108, United States
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