RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT05784753

HEART Camp Connect -Promoting Exercise in Adults With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

HEART (Heart Failure Exercise and Resistance Training) Camp Connect: Promoting Adherence to Exercise in Adults With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Sponsor

University of Nebraska

Enrollment

300 participants

Start Date

Nov 20, 2023

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

HFpEF - Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

Summary

The goal of this study is to learn more about patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and exercise. Investigators want to see if meeting with a coach in person or by video conference will help these patients exercise, feel better, and change markers in their blood. Participants will be randomly placed in one of three groups for 18 months. All groups will have access to a fitness center and be given a watch and heart rate monitor to wear during exercise. The usual care group (control group) will have access to exercise videos via the medical fitness center and will not meet with a coach. The HEART Camp group will exercise and meet with their coach in-person at the medical fitness center. The HEART Camp Connect group will have access to exercise videos via the medical fitness center and will meet with their coach via videoconferencing. All participants will take part in an exercise test and study training prior to being randomized. At four data collection time points, participants will wear an activity monitor for 7 days each, have their blood drawn, and answer questions related to heart failure and exercise. Participants will also wear a heart rate monitor when they exercise and fill out a daily exercise diary.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

This study is testing whether a structured exercise and education program called HEART Camp can help people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) become more physically active. HFpEF is a type of heart failure where the heart pumps normally but has trouble relaxing and filling with blood, causing breathlessness and fatigue. **You may be eligible if:** - You have been diagnosed with heart failure and your heart's pumping function is preserved (ejection fraction ≥50%) - You have had an echocardiogram (heart ultrasound) in the past 24 months confirming this - Your heart failure medications have been stable for the past 30 days - Your diagnosis of HFpEF is confirmed by clinical criteria **You may NOT be eligible if:** - You have a life-limiting illness that would prevent you from completing the study - Your heart failure is currently decompensated (you are not in a stable condition) - Your general health would make exercise unsafe Talk to your doctor to see if this trial is right for you.

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Interventions

BEHAVIORALHEART Camp

Participants will meet with an in-person coach at the medical fitness center: Months 1-3 weekly for 30 minutes; Months 4-12 every other week for 15 minutes (on alternate weeks, participants will attend a 1-hour group-based exercise training and coaching).

BEHAVIORALHEART Camp Connect

Participants will meet with a virtual coach from the medical fitness center via videoconferencing: Months 1-3 weekly for 30 minutes; Months 4-12 every other week for 15 minutes (on alternate weeks, participants will attend a virtual 1-hour group-based exercise training and coaching session via videoconferencing).

Locations(3)

Henry Ford Health System

Detroit, Michigan, United States

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Omaha, Nebraska, United States

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

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