Cardiac Rehabilitation and Metabolomics in Heart Failure

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Heart Failure
• Interventions: Other: Integrated cardiac rehabilitation; Other: Usual Care

• Registration Number: NCT03743012
• Lead Sponsor: Duke University

Brief Summary

This is a randomized controlled trial of participants with heart failure randomized into usual care plus integrated cardiac rehabilitation or usual care only. The rehabilitation protocol will comprise one month of thrice weekly sessions including supervised aerobic exercises and counseling, followed by two months of monitored home based exercises prescribed weekly.

Cardiopulmonary performance status, depression and quality of life will be assessed at enrollment and upon completion of the protocol using the 6-minute walk time distance test. Plasma samples will be collected and bio-banked for metabolomic profiling and comparative outcome analysis.

Detailed Description

Integrated cardiac rehabilitation will comprise one month of thrice weekly sessions of supervised aerobic exercises and counseling, followed by two months of monitored home based exercises prescribed weekly.

Aerobic threshold (AT) will be determined based on perceived rates of exertion as measured using a Borg scale and target heart rate based on Karvonen's formula. Exercise intensity will be prescribed to achieve the earlier of moderate perceived exertion and 50-60% of their maximal target heart rate on a treadmill. Intensity will be increased over the course of the 12 sessions to attain 70-80% of maximal target heart rate. Duration of exercise will also be increased gradually over the 12 sessions in keeping with the study participants perceived rate of exertion.

Participants will be given pedometers and instructed to use these daily for the period of the study. At the end of the first four weeks, the participant's weekly steps will be averaged to establish a baseline weekly step target. Starting in the 4th week,subjects will be instructed to continue exercises at home whilst maintaining a comparable activity level as will be measured by their weekly step counts. Participants will be contacted weekly for the remaining 8 weeks and step targets will be prescribed based on 10% weekly increments.Prior to the start of each exercise session, participants will receive a brief counseling module reflecting the primary goals of cardiac rehabilitation.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-11-01
• Study First Submitted: 2018-11-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-11-14
• Study First Posted: 2018-11-15
• Primary Completion: 2019-10-31
• Study Completion: 2019-10-31
• Status Verified: 2019-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-11-25
• Last Update Posted: 2019-11-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 91

Inclusion Criteria

1. NYHA Class II or III heart failure
2. Owns a mobile telephone
3. Can participate in supervised exercise three times a week
4. Can read/ primary care giver can read in English or Kiswahili

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Exclusion Criteria

1. Recent acute illness requiring hospitalization in the preceding 4 weeks.
2. Limitation of activity because of factors other than fatigue or exertional dyspnea, such as arthritis, claudication in the legs, angina, advanced co morbidities.
3. Known uncontrolled arrhythmia.
4. Heart failure due to congenital heart disease.
5. Pregnant patients as may be confirmed by patient report or urine pregnancy tests
6. Heart failure due to obstructive cardiomyopathy including mitral stenosis and aortic stenosis.
7. Use of pacemakers.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Integrated cardiac rehabilitation	Integrated cardiac rehabilitation	Participants enrolled in integrated cardiac rehabilitation plus usual care
Usual Care	Usual Care	Participants receiving usual care only

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
6 minute walk time distance	3 months	This study seeks to find out whether 6 minute walk time distance among patients undergoing integrated cardiac rehabilitation is different when compared to usual care study participants.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of living	3 months	Change in quality of living total score as measured by the WHO quality of life scale.
Depression severity	3 months	Change in total depression screening scores using PHQ9 score

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Moi teaching and Referral Hospital; 🇰🇪 Eldoret, Uasin Gishu, Kenya