Strength training may boost heart transplant candidates' fitness and quality of life
NCT ID NCT06426173
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a 12-week resistance training program can improve physical function, quality of life, and heart-related biomarkers in people with heart failure who are on the waiting list for a heart transplant. Participants will be randomly assigned to either the exercise program or usual care. The goal is to see if strength training can help patients stay stronger and feel better while they wait for a new heart.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- resistance training program
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this exercise program could become a standard way to improve strength and well-being for people waiting for a heart transplant.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with 50 participants, so results may not apply to all patients. Exercise may be challenging for very frail individuals.
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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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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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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18 to 70 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: * patients included in heart transplant list ≤1 month * hemodynamically stable in the last 48 hours defined as mean arterial pressure (MAP) ≥ 60 mmHg and ≤ 120 mmHg and - Heart rate (HR) ≥ 60 bpm and ≤ 120 mmHg. * dobutamine dose ≤ 10 mcg/kg/min Exclusion Criteria: * heart failure of arrhythmogenic and/or restrictive etiology * presence of uncontrolled acute arrhythmias * cognitive, orthopedic, or neuromotor changes that prevent functional tests from being carried out
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Instituto do Coração - Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo
RECRUITINGSão Paulo, São Paulo, 05403-000, Brazil
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