Home-Based Exercise Program Using Mobile Technology After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

Description

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effects of a home-based exercise program using mobile technology on physical activity and capacity, frailty and muscle mass, and quality of life in patients with a newly implanted HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device (HM3 LVAD). Researchers will compare the effects of an exercise intervention vs. usual care on physical activity and capacity, frailty and muscle mass, and quality of life.

Conditions

Heart Failure

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Study overview

The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effects of a home-based exercise program using mobile technology on physical activity and capacity, frailty and muscle mass, and quality of life in patients with a newly implanted HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device (HM3 LVAD). Researchers will compare the effects of an exercise intervention vs. usual care on physical activity and capacity, frailty and muscle mass, and quality of life.

Home-Based Exercise Program Using Mobile Technology After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

Home-Based Exercise Program Using Mobile Technology After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

Condition
Heart Failure
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Detroit

Henry Ford Health, Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48202

Philadelphia

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

Salt Lake City

University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, 84112

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. ≥ 18 years of age
  • 2. Newly implanted with a HeartMate 3™ LVAD for the first time
  • 3. Able to ambulate independently (with or without the use of an assistive device)
  • 4. Owns a smartphone with Internet connection
  • 5. Patient will be discharged home with LVAD or patient will be living at home with LVAD within 45 days of index discharge
  • 1. Major comorbidities or limitations that may interfere with exercise training (including significant orthopedic/neurologic limitations, decompensated heart failure, uncontrolled arrhythmias, unstable angina)

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Pennsylvania,

Himabindu Vidula, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Pennsylvania

Study Record Dates

2028-06-30