NCT00633633Active, not recruiting
Lifestyle Intervention for Heart Failure
Take Heart: Exercise & Diet Intervention for Heart Failure in Cancer Survivors
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 31 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this behavioral research study is to learn if education and training about exercise can help to change the lifestyle of cancer survivors with symptoms of heart failure.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 85 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 5 Mar 2008
- Start date
- 11 Feb 2008
- Primary completion date
- 31 May 2028
- Lead sponsor
- M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Diseases
- Heart failure
- NCT number
- NCT00633633
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 85
- From 11 Feb 2008 to the primary completion date, 31 May 2028
- 2 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- remain in NYHA class IV heart failure despite therapy;
Other
- have health problems or current treatments that would make exercise unsafe, as determined by the cardiologist;
- cannot provide informed consent;
Who the study is looking for
- diagnosis of NYHA I, II or III heart failure (as identified by any of the following physical findings of heart failure (jugular venous distension, crackles, edema, S3); pulmonary edema on chest x-ray; BNP \> 100 pg/ml; or at least two of the following symptoms: paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, shortness of breath, swelling, fatigue;
- previous chemotherapy that contributed to the development of heart failure (i.e., heart failure develops or worsens after receiving chemotherapy, with no other obvious explanation);
- oriented to person, place, and time;
- living in the Houston area (Harris county or a contiguous county), or planning to stay in the area for at least the next 16 weeks.
- 18 years of age or older.
- diagnosis of cancer
- have completed treatment, or are on long-term adjuvant or maintenance chemotherapy only
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (2)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
| The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Antonio | United States | Unknown status |
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