Home Rehabilitation Improves Cardiac Effort in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Part of paid clinical trials in Rochester, New York.

Sponsor
University of Rochester
Study ID
NCT06477640
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension PAH

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Exercise — BEHAVIORAL
    The intervention group will receive daily activity messages sent through SMS text message or email.The messages will provide daily exercises with heart rate guidance.
  • Standard of Care — BEHAVIORAL
    The control group will receive daily non-descript messages to help with blinding and to eliminate the confounding variable of daily contact. The messages will not include activity tasks and will include phrases such as "I hope you have a good day".

Study Details

The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a home rehabilitation program for patients diagnosed with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) will decrease Cardiac Effort (number of heart beats used during 6-minute walk test/walk distance) and improve quality of life. Ultimately, this information could help improve the management of patients with PAH.

Key Dates

Start date
Jul 29, 2024
Status verified
Sep 2025
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2026
Completion
Dec 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
55 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Exercise Intervention Group
  • Placebo Comparator: Standard of Care

Primary Outcome Measure

Mean change in cardiac effort [ Time Frame: baseline to 3 months ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
University of Rochester Medical CenterRochesterNew York14642
Daniel Lachant, DO
[email protected]
585-273-4608

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