Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

SMART to Optimize an Intervention to Maintain Health Improvements After Cardiac Rehabilitation

Lead Sponsor:

The Miriam Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health (OD)

Conditions:

Cardiovascular Diseases

Cardiac Rehabilitation

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The study is sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, which is part of the National Institutes of Health. We expect to enroll 400 subjects into this study. We will be recruiting res...

Detailed Description

We will first test which of two automated online interventions (\[A\] a low-intensity text-messaging intervention of 3 weekly sets of text messages focused on encouragement and reminders about the key...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • ≥18 years of age or older
  • Have completed at least 6 CR sessions
  • Must enroll within 6 weeks of their final CR session
  • BMI ≥27
  • Own an internet-connected device
  • Home internet access
  • English proficiency
  • Able to walk ≥1 block without stopping
  • Lastly, the participant MUST belong to ≥1 of the following groups or identities:
  • Identifies as a woman
  • Identifies as LGBTQIA+
  • Identifies as a racial or ethnic minority
  • Insecure transportation for medical appointments
  • Self-reported trouble paying for healthcare needs (e.g., copays)
  • Receive income-based subsidized benefits (e.g., state-funded health insurance for low-income residents)
  • Reside in a small town or rural area per 2010 United States Department of Agriculture Rural-Urban Commuting Area zip code
  • Low educational attainment (≤high school diploma)
  • Low household income (less than twice the Federal Poverty Level) or meeting federal poverty guidelines per the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics and the Department of Health and Human Services)

Exclusion

  • New York Heart Association Class IV heart failure
  • Heart transplant in the last 5 months
  • Left ventricular assist device in the last 4 months
  • Physician diagnosis of dementia
  • Physician prescription for 24 hours of oxygen therapy daily
  • Coronary artery bypass surgery in the last 3 months
  • Current dialysis
  • Chronic gait or balance disturbances that would make unsupervised exercise unsafe
  • Current pregnancy
  • Report of conditions that the investigators believe would render them potentially unlikely to follow the protocol including terminal illness, active substance dependence, or other significant psychiatric problems that require inpatient hospitalization

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2025

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 29 2030

Estimated Enrollment :

400 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06886789

Start Date

August 1 2025

End Date

March 29 2030

Last Update

March 20 2025

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Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center of The Miriam Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903