Feasibility of Home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure (Pilot-CRHF)

NCT06269263 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 339/23-ek
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 30
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The proposed study will determine the willingness of patients for participation. Furthermore, the assessment of tests to identify eligible patients and the type of exercise intervention that goes along with a high patient compliance is crucial. Also, more information about possible factors preventing patients from participating is required. Therefore, if the patient is willing to participate, the investigators will assess patients' medical history, medication and QoL as well as parameters of routine diagnostics (i.e. echocardiography, laboratory testing, MRI). Following, while the in-patient stay due to cardiac decompensation, the investigators will conduct several assessment-tests to determine the physical status, the exercise capacity and the cognitive function. Moreover, physiotherapists will instruct the patients in the exercise program. After discharge from the hospital, physiotherapist will visit the patient at home to instruct them again in the exercises. Then, the patients will conduct the program on their own for a period of 12 weeks. During the exercise period, a doctoral student will visit the patients at home every 3 weeks to check whether they are doing the exercises correctly and to determine whether there are any problems with the program. After the exercise period of 12 weeks, the baseline characteristics will be assessed again at the University Hospital Leipzig.

Conditions

Heart Failure

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Percentage of patients completing the program

  Percentage of patients completing the program

  After 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Quality of life by KCCQ

  After 12 weeks

• Exercise capacity

  After 12 weeks

Study Arms (1)

Home-based cardiac rehabilitation

EXPERIMENTAL

Home-based cardiac rehabilitation

Behavioral: Home-based cardiac rehabilitation

Interventions

Home-based cardiac rehabilitation BEHAVIORAL

Guided by physiotherapists, patients will receive different trainings regrading endurance/balance/resistance,/coordination at home

Home-based cardiac rehabilitation

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Chronic heart failure irrespective of the ejection fraction
• Recent history of acute cardiac decompensation leading to hospitalization

You may not qualify if:

• Patients not willing to participate
• Patients with orthopedic diseases limiting their mobility
• Cognitive diseases that hinder adequate participation in the opinion of the investigator
• Inpatient rehabilitation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Leipzig: lead

Study Sites (1)

Universitätsklinikum Leipzig

Leipzig, Saxony, 04103, Germany

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Reuser A, Schittenhelm J, Schroder SC, Kandels J, Richter E, Gaal L, Pfister F, Stegmann T, Uhe T, Wachter R. Bridging the post-hospitalization gap: a feasibility study of home-based rehabilitation in decompensated heart failure. ESC Heart Fail. 2026 Feb 3;13(1):xvaf021. doi: 10.1093/eschf/xvaf021.

  PMID: 41711697 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Heart Failure

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Heart Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Pilot study of home-based cardiac rehabilitation

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 13, 2024
• First Posted: February 21, 2024
• Study Start: February 29, 2024
• Primary Completion: April 30, 2025
• Study Completion: April 30, 2025
• Last Updated: May 6, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF
• Time Frame: After publication of main study results
• Access Criteria: Upon reasonable request by other researchers

Locations

DE (1)