NCT06528561Completed
Impact of a Physical Exercise Program on the Self-care Capacity of People Hospitalized for Heart Failure
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 21 Aug 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a self-care program that integrates physical exercise with components of aerobic and muscular strength training in improving functional capacity and muscular strength in people hospitalized for decompensated heart failure, in a clinical stabilization phase The main question it aims to answer is: Is the Self-care program that integrates physical exercise with aerobic and muscular strength training components effective in improving the capacity for self-care in people hospitalized for decompensated HF, in the clinical stabilization phase? In this randomized clinical trial, the Self-Care program will be applied in the experimental group. The ERIC-HF program will be applied in the control group. The ERIC-HF is a program of exercise only with an aerobic component. Participants will complete these programs during their hospital stay and various assessment instruments (quality of life, functional capacity, capacity for self-care, muscle strength) will be applied at admission, at discharge and one month after discharge.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 63 (actual)
- First submitted
- 20 Jul 2024
- Start date
- 5 Aug 2024
- Primary completion date
- 6 Mar 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António
- Diseases
- Heart failure
- NCT number
- NCT06528561
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 63
- From 5 Aug 2024 to the primary completion date, 6 Mar 2026
- 1 site 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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Prior treatment
- Existence of intravenous inotropic medication;
Other illness
- Uncontrolled auricular or ventricular arrhythmias;
- Heart rate greater than 120;
Other
- Osteoarticular pathology that causes physical limitations that prevent the performance of physical exercise;
- Chest pain in the last 8 hours;
- Dyspnea at rest;
- Uncontrolled blood pressure - Systolic blood pressure greater than 180mmHg or diastolic blood pressure greater than 110mmHg;
- 2nd or 3rd degree atrioventricular block;
- Oxygen need at a rate greater than 3L/min;
- Glycemic decompensation in the last 12 hours.
Who the study is looking for
- Participants: Clinical diagnosis of decompensated HF, regardless of etiology or ventricular function;
- Participants: Be over 18 years old;
- Participants: Be able to provide informed consent.
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Centro Hospitalar Universitário de Santo António - ULS Santo António Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Porto | Portugal | Unknown status |
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