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Virtually Administered Cardiac Rehab Program for Heart Failure (VIRT-CR Trial)

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Led By Srinath Adusumalli, MD

Research Sponsored by University of Pennsylvania

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

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

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up labs will be collected up to 27 months post study enrollment

Awards & highlights

VIRT-CR Trial Summary

This trial is testing whether a home-based cardiac rehab program with real-time, video-based exercise supervision and vitals monitoring is effective.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for heart failure patients who've been prescribed cardiac rehab. Participants need to have an email and cell phone, be able to exercise at home, and not have severe exercise limitations or active cancer treatment.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study compares a virtual cardiac rehab program with real-time video supervision against the standard in-person approach. It aims to see if patients can effectively perform rehab at home with remote guidance.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves exercise as part of cardiac rehabilitation, potential side effects may include muscle soreness, fatigue, and in rare cases, cardiovascular events due to exertion.

VIRT-CR Trial Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

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I have been prescribed cardiac rehabilitation.

VIRT-CR Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ labs will be collected up to 27 months post study enrollment

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~labs will be collected up to 27 months post study enrollment

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and labs will be collected up to 27 months post study enrollment for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Change in VO2 max (ml/kg/min)

Secondary outcome measures

Attendance

Blood Pressure

Change in HDL

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VIRT-CR Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Active Control

Group I: InterventionActive Control1 Intervention

Virtual cardiac rehab program delivered through the CardaHealth platform.

Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention

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

0 / 1Eligibility criteria met

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Independence Blue CrossUNKNOWN

6 Previous Clinical Trials

126,312 Total Patients Enrolled

1 Trials studying Heart Failure

700 Patients Enrolled for Heart Failure

University of PennsylvaniaLead Sponsor

2,000 Previous Clinical Trials

42,879,863 Total Patients Enrolled

42 Trials studying Heart Failure

7,289 Patients Enrolled for Heart Failure

CardaHealthUNKNOWN

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

How many participants have joined the trial to date?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov data reveals that this research, which was initially made available on December 8th 2021, is currently looking for participants. 225 subjects need to be enrolled from a single site."

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Are there any vacancies for participation in this clinical trial?

"According to clinicaltrials.gov, this trial is currently enrolling participants after first being posted on December 8th 2021 and concluding its most recent update on May 16th 2022."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Effect of a Virtually Implemented Cardiac Rehabilitation Program

Neel Chokshi 2021. "Effect of a Virtually Implemented Cardiac Rehabilitation Program". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05201976.

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