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Intervention Group for Heart Failure (AAIMASP Trial)

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Waitlist Available
Led By Scott Hummel, MD
Research Sponsored by American College of Cardiology
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 65 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 1 year
Awards & highlights

Summary

A multicenter prospective randomized clinical trial testing the hypothesis that a patient-centered actigraphy intervention will result in increased physical activity for frail older adults increase during the critical first 30 days after a cardiovascular hospitalization.

Eligible Conditions
  • Heart Failure
  • Coronary Artery Disease

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~1 year
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 1 year for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Steps taken per day
Secondary outcome measures
Quality of life
Short physical performance battery

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: Intervention GroupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
frail elderly patients discharged from a cardiovascular hospitalization; provided with an actigraphy device that displays an adaptive personalized daily step count goal and audible alerts to increase physical activity
Group II: Control GroupExperimental Treatment2 Interventions
frail elderly patients discharged from a cardiovascular hospitalization; provided with a matching actigraphy device that has a blacked-out screen and does not display step count goals or provide audible alerts (functions in silent monitoring mode only)
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Intervention
2011
Completed Phase 4
~73780
Control
2011
Completed Phase 4
~15780

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Who is running the clinical trial?

American College of CardiologyLead Sponsor
17 Previous Clinical Trials
325,836 Total Patients Enrolled
4 Trials studying Heart Failure
2,526 Patients Enrolled for Heart Failure
Alliance for Academic Internal MedicineOTHER
1 Previous Clinical Trials
219 Total Patients Enrolled
Scott Hummel, MDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
~16 spots leftby Sep 2025