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BAMS-HF Program for Heart Failure (BAMS-HF Trial)

N/A
Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Hospitalized for HF or with HF as an active problem during hospitalization
55 years old or older
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up monthly, up to 30 months
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BAMS-HF Trial Summary

This trial is testing a new home-based rehabilitation program for people who have been hospitalized for heart failure. The goal is to see if it's feasible and effective.

Eligible Conditions
  • Heart Failure
  • Congestive Heart Failure

BAMS-HF Trial Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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

BAMS-HF Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~monthly, up to 30 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and monthly, up to 30 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Acceptability of the intervention to patients randomized to the intervention arm
Feasibility of recruiting patients into the study
Upper arm
Secondary outcome measures
Change in Short Physical Performance Battery, which is scored from 0-16, with higher numbers indicating better functional status

BAMS-HF Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: BAMS-HF ProgramExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Group II: Usual careActive Control1 Intervention
Patients in the usual care arm will receive educational material from the Heart Failure Society of America (HFSA) with the current recommendations for exercise for patients with heart failure.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
BAMS-HF Program
2020
N/A
~30

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Who is running the clinical trial?

VA Eastern Colorado Health Care SystemLead Sponsor
52 Previous Clinical Trials
25,687 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Heart Failure
317 Patients Enrolled for Heart Failure
National Institute on Aging (NIA)NIH
1,658 Previous Clinical Trials
28,004,497 Total Patients Enrolled
41 Trials studying Heart Failure
213,236 Patients Enrolled for Heart Failure

Frequently Asked Questions

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

Are people beneath the age of 65 permissible to partake in this trial?

"Eligible participants for this study are aged between 55 and 100 years old."

Answered by AI

Are there currently any vacancies for participants in this trial?

"The clinicaltrials.gov platform indicates that, despite this project having been initially posted in June 2020 and last updated two years later, it is not presently looking for candidates. Nevertheless, there are 709 other trials actively enrolling patients at the moment."

Answered by AI

What kind of participants are best suited for this experiment?

"This medical trial hopes to enrol 29 individuals aged 55-100 with systolic heart failure. In addition, they must have been hospitalized for HF or had it as an active problem during hospitalization and a SPPB score of 10 or higher."

Answered by AI
~6 spots leftby Mar 2025