Effect of a Virtually Implemented Cardiac Rehabilitation Program (VIRT-CR)

University of Pennsylvania

Status: Completed

Conditions: Heart Failure

Treatments: Other: Virtually administered Cardiac Rehab program; Other: Standard of Care in person Cardiac Rehab Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05201976

848902

Details and patient eligibility

About

A clinical trial investigating the effects of a virtually implemented home-based cardiac rehab program with real-time, video based exercise supervision and vitals monitoring.

Full description

This study will use a randomized, controlled trial design to test the effectiveness of a virtually implemented cardiac rehabilitation (CR) program with real-time, video based supervised exercise and vitals monitoring as compared to traditional center based rehab in patients with a clinical indication for cardiac rehab. The primary outcome of effectiveness will be change in cardiorespiratory fitness as assessed by maximal VO2 achieved at the start of CR and on upon completion of CR.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients who have been prescribed cardiac rehabilitation as part of their standard of care

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with significant exercise limitations other than cardiovascular disease
• Patients who are unable to exercise in home
• Patients with active cancer treatment
• Patients who do not have an email address or a cell phone

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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52 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

Virtual cardiac rehab program delivered through the CardaHealth platform.

Treatment:

Other: Virtually administered Cardiac Rehab program

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

Clinically ordered standard of care cardiac rehab program (in-person).

Treatment:

Other: Standard of Care in person Cardiac Rehab Program