Coaching to Help Adults With Heart Failure Exercise More
Tests whether coaching in person or by video helps adults with HFpEF exercise.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: HEART Camp Connect -Promoting Exercise in Adults With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Key facts
- Where
- Charlottesville, Detroit, and Omaha, United StatesSee the 3 sites
Where in United States
- University of VirginiaCharlottesville, United StatesNot yet recruiting
- Henry Ford Health SystemDetroit, United StatesTaking people
- University of Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- University of Nebraska
- Trial code
- NCT05784753
- Record updated
- 10 November 2026
- Original description
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.Read full original descriptionShow less
HEART (Heart Failure Exercise and Resistance Training) Camp Connect: Promoting Adherence to Exercise in Adults With Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
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.
Inclusion: Diagnosis of heart failure with an ejection fraction greater than or equal to 50; Echocardiogram in prior 24 months; Stable pharmacologic therapy in the past 30 days; Any of the following evidence to confirm HFpEF - Score< 6 on Heavy Hypertensive Atrial Fibrillation, Pulmonary Hypertension, Elder, Filling Pressure algorithm, invasive hemodynamic evidence of HFpEF(i.e., elevated pulmonary wedge pressure), or a confirmed clinical diagnosis of HFpEF.
Exclusion: Myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft, or biventricular pacemaker in prior 6 weeks; Life-limiting illness precluding study completion; Clinical evidence of decompensated heart failure; Unstable angina or marked shortness of breath on exertion at less than 2 metabolic equivalents; Orthopedic or neuromuscular disorders preventing aerobic exercise; Cardiopulmonary exercise test results that preclude safe exercise; Unwilling/unable to complete pre-randomization procedures; Pregnancy; Implantable cardioverter defibrillator.