Yoga may ease heart failure symptoms, new study tests
NCT ID NCT06019169
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether regular yoga practice can improve quality of life and well-being in adults with stable chronic heart failure. Researchers will measure changes in physical and mental health using standard questionnaires. The goal is to see if adding yoga to standard care helps patients feel better day-to-day.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
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- Participants
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About 66 people
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- Started
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Mar 2024
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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: * Patient ≥18 years old * Chronic heart failure patient defined by: Most recent LVEF ≤50% (regardless of measurement method) * Stabilized (last episode of acute heart failure dating back more than a month) in NYHA stage I to III dyspnoea, ambulatory, discharged from hospital for \> 1 month * Drug treatment optimized according to the judgment of the investigator * Ability to participate in activities as proposed (remote or face-to-face) * Patient affiliated with a social security scheme * Written consent to participate Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have practiced yoga regularly (\> once a month) in the six months prior to selection. * Current pregnancy / lactation * Etiology of heart failure: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, restrictive heart disease or severe curable valve disease * Severe renal impairment GFR\<25ml/min/1.73 m2 or on dialysis. * Persons subject to legal protection measures (guardianship, curatorship) * Person not "receptive" to the practice of yoga * Participation in intervention research
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Institut de Cardiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière (APHP), UPMC
RECRUITINGParis, 75013, France
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