Home-Based Exercise Program Using Mobile Technology After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation

Recruiting now · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Heart Failure

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06291922

Run by

University of Pennsylvania

People needed

100

Starts

2024-08-14

Expected to finish

2028-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-09-26

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• ≥ 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

You may not qualify if…

• Major comorbidities or limitations that may interfere with exercise training (including significant orthopedic/neurologic limitations, decompensated heart failure, uncontrolled arrhythmias, unstable angina)

Where it is running

• Henry Ford Health — Detroit, Michigan, United States (enrolling)
• Cleveland Clinic Foundation — Cleveland, Ohio, United States (enrolling)
• University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)
• University of Utah Health — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States (enrolling)

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