Home Exercise Program on a Phone After Heart Pump Implant for Heart Failure
Tests phone-guided home exercise in people with heart failure and new heart pumps.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Home-Based Exercise Program Using Mobile Technology After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
Key facts
- Where
- Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Salt Lake City, United StatesSee the 4 sites
Where in United States
- Cleveland Clinic FoundationCleveland, United StatesTaking people
- Henry Ford HealthDetroit, United StatesTaking people
- University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, United StatesTaking people
- University Of Utah HealthSalt Lake City, 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 Pennsylvania
- Trial code
- NCT06291922
- Record updated
- 7 October 2026
- Original 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.Read full original descriptionShow less
Home-Based Exercise Program Using Mobile Technology After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation
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.
Inclusion: ≥ 18 years of age; Newly implanted with a HeartMate 3™ LVAD for the first time; Able to ambulate independently (with or without the use of an assistive device); Owns a smartphone with Internet connection; Patient will be discharged home with LVAD or patient will be living at home with LVAD within 45 days of index discharge.
Exclusion: Major comorbidities or limitations that may interfere with exercise training (including significant orthopedic/neurologic limitations, decompensated heart failure, uncontrolled arrhythmias, unstable angina).