Reducing Sedentary Time in Patients With Heart Failure

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Conditions studied: Heart Failure

In brief

To determine the change in sedentary time and number of steps/day for older patients with heart failure at risk for mobility disability who receive a program to decrease sedentary behavior versus a standard program to increase exercise.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02911493

Run by

University of Colorado, Denver

People needed

50

Starts

2016-09-01

Expected to finish

2019-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-08-21

Who can join

Age: 65 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• NYHA II-IV,
• Age ≥ 65,
• SPPB score of > 4 and ≤ 10 of 12,
• and deemed (by 1° cardiologist) to be at maximal tolerated dose of heart failure medication (ACE-inhibitor (ACE-I)/angiotensin receptor blocker and beta blocker (BB) for patients with HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), and
• blood pressure controlled for HF with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) according to the American Heart Failure Association HF guidelines.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients requiring medication titration such as ACE-I or BB, (will return to their cardiologist and be eligible after 3 months of stable medication.)
• Oxygen dependent lung disease,
• Orthopedic or neurologic disease that severely limits mobility,
• Active cancer diagnosis except non-melanoma skin cancer,
• Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) score of ≥ 9 ,
• Limited life-expectancy of <6 months,
• Known dementia or disease that effects ability to learn/follow directions, or
• Failed MiniCog test.

Where it is running

• University of Colorado University — Aurora, Colorado, United States

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