Home workouts via video call may ease breathing in lung hypertension patients
NCT ID NCT07535398
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether supervised exercise sessions done at home through video calls can improve breathing, fatigue, and quality of life in people with elevated pulmonary artery pressure. Twelve adults with stable symptoms will be randomly assigned to either telerehabilitation or breathing exercises for 8 weeks. Researchers will measure changes in exercise capacity and symptom severity before and after the program.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- synchronous telerehabilitation (supervised exercise via videoconferencing)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a convenient home-based option to improve exercise capacity and reduce breathlessness in people with elevated pulmonary artery pressure.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small early trial with only 12 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The intervention is short-term (8 weeks) and may not produce lasting benefits.
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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 12 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Apr 2026
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2026
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.
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18 to 65 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: * Adults aged 18 to 65 years * Elevated pulmonary artery pressure identified by echocardiography, defined as systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAP) of 50 mmHg or higher * Clinically stable and receiving medical treatment under cardiology follow-up World Health Organization functional class I or II * New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class I or II * Living with a caregiver, family member, or another person who can provide assistance if needed * Access to the internet and adequate visual, cognitive, and functional ability to participate in videoconference-based sessions * Willing to participate and able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Requirement for oxygen therapy * Musculoskeletal problems limiting participation in exercise * Ongoing treatment for psychiatric or psychological disorders * Cognitive impairment based on Mini-Mental State Examination findings * Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) * Other significant cardiac disease that may interfere with participation or assessment
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University
RECRUITINGTokat Province, Turkey (Türkiye)