The purpose of this is to develop and implement a pilot study that will demonstrate the ability to recruit, enroll, retain, conduct exercise training, and collect pre and post outcomes on the effect of exercise training on quality of life (QOL) and exercise capacity in patients with a diagnosis of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFPEF).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
16
Study subjects will receive medically supervised aerobic and resistance exercise training for 1 hour per session, 3 times per week for 6 weeks at the Cardiac Rehab center and then transition to home or YMCA partnership based exercise with staff follow-up contact for an additional 3 weeks.
MultiCare Health System
Tacoma, Washington, United States
Change in Quality of Life (QOL) score pre and post exercise training (ET).
Time frame: 9 weeks
Change in exercise capacity/tolerance pre and post ET using Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing.
Symptom limited treadmill testing with expired gas measurement and analysis. Exercise capacity measured as Peak Vo2 (peak exercise oxygen uptake) in ml/min/kg. Continuous monitoring of 12 lead electrocardiogram and blood pressure measured every 2 minutes. Peak Vo2 defined as highest Vo2 value of the last 30 seconds before termination of exercise. Exercise time and peak workload will be measured for exercise tolerance.
Time frame: 9 weeks
Demonstrated ability to coordinate patient transition from clinic to home or YMCA partnership based exercise program with weekly staff follow-up within the study timeline.
Time frame: 9 weeks
Capture 90 day hospital readmission data starting with study enrollment date and within the participants' study timeline.
Time frame: 90 days
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