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Accelerated (Intensive) Cardiac Training for Heart Failure Patients

Accelerated (Intensive) Cardiac Training for Heart Failure Patients (ACT-HF)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 5 Oct 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The purpose of this study is to see if patients undergoing accelerated Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation (ICR) (2 weeks after discharge) will improve exercise performance as well as on measures of quality of life after a cardiac hospitalization.

Status (registry)
Not yet recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
20 (estimated)
First submitted
21 Sept 2026
Start date
1 Oct 2026
Primary completion date
1 Nov 2026
Lead sponsor
Washington University School of Medicine
NCT number
NCT07858318

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 20
  • From 1 Oct 2026 to the primary completion date, 1 Nov 2026
  • No sites listed in no country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other illness

  • Diagnosis of dementia
  • Undergoing treatment for any type of cancer other than skin cancer
  • History or evidence of any other clinically significant condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, might pose a safety risk to participants or interfere with study procedures, evaluation, or completion.

Other

  • Significant orthopedic limitations (e.g., double amputee) (walking with a walker is acceptable)
  • Discharge to rehab facility or nursing home
  • Pregnant women
  • Currently enrolled in Hospice, not expected to live for 12 months

Who the study is looking for

  • Age ≥ 18 years of age at the time of consent
  • Diagnosis of HFrEF
  • EF \<35% within 3 months of hospital discharge
  • Current hospitalization for a cardiac event (an approved cardiac diagnosis, such as chronic angina, recent MI (heart attack), cardiac surgery, or recent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) e.g., stent placement)
  • Agreeable to complete 24 days of ICR and study requirements
  • Ability and willingness to sign the ICF
  • Referred to intensive cardiac rehabilitation at Washington University Heart Care Institute (HCI) at Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital (BJWCH).

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

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