NCT03041610

Pedometer-Based Walking Intervention in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction

Effect of Pedometer-Based Walking Intervention on Functional Capacity and Neurohumoral Modulation in Patients With Chronic Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction: a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 202 (actual)
• Sponsor: Charles University, Czech Republic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

A multicenter randomized controlled trial, with follow-up at 6 and 12 months. Physically inactive participants with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction will be randomly assigned to intervention or control arms. The six-month intervention will consist of an individualized pedometer-based walking program with weekly step goals, monthly face-to-face sessions with the physician, and monthly telephone calls with the research nurse. The intervention will be based on effective behavioral principles (goal setting, self-monitoring, personalized feedback). The primary outcome is the change in 6-minute walk distance at 6 months. Secondary outcomes include changes in serum biomarkers levels, pulmonary congestion assessed by ultrasound, average daily step count measured by accelerometry, anthropometric measures, symptoms of depression, health-related quality of life, self-efficacy, and MAGGIC Risk Score.

Conditions

• Systolic Heart Failure

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Walking intervention	The intervention will be delivered over a six-month period and will consist of: (1) an individualized pedometer-based walking program with weekly step goals, (2) regular visits to the clinic including face-to-face session with the physician, and (3) regular telephone calls with the research nurse in between the face-to-face contacts.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-08-01
• Primary completion: 2023-06-30
• Completion: 2023-12-30
• First posted: 2017-02-03
• Last updated: 2023-10-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Czechia