Remote Exercise SWEDEHEART Study

Last updated: July 3, 2026
Sponsor: Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Congestive Heart Failure

Circulation Disorders

Heart Defect

Treatment

Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation

Clinical Study ID

NCT04260958
U-2018-312
  • Ages 18-79
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The overall aim of the study is to evaluate if remote video exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation (exCR), offered as an alternative to centre-based exCR, can increase participation in exCR sessions post myocardial infarction (MI).

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Written informed consent

  • Diagnosis of type 1 myocardial infarction (AMI)

  • Age 18-79 years at discharge from hospital

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with incomplete coronary revascularization defined as at least oneremaining hemodynamically significant stenosis

  • Severe valve or structural heart disease

  • Severe heart failure (NYHA III - IV)

  • Serious arrythmias

  • Inability to understand Swedish

  • No internet access at home (only applicable for patients in the intervention groupwho wants to perform remote exCR)

  • Pathological exercise test indicating high risk for adverse events during exCR

  • More than 6 months between discharge form hospital and screening

  • Any other condition that may interfere with the possibility for the patient tocomply with the study protocol

Study Design

Total Participants: 1500
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation
Phase:
Study Start date:
February 03, 2020
Estimated Completion Date:
June 01, 2028

Study Description

Due to the covid-19 pandemic, this study will be performed in two steps:

1). National feasibility and safety study. 2). National multicenter registry-based cluster randomized crossover clinical trial (RRCT).

  1. In the feasibility study, patients will be offered remote exCR at all participating sites until the peak of the pandemic has been achieved and care goes back to normal. The feasibility study will include patients until Aug 2022.

  2. CR centers (not patients) will be cluster randomized to either the intervention or control. Patients at intervention centers will be offered remote exCR, usual care centre-based exCR, or a combination of both modes, as self-preferred choice. At control centers, patients will be offered usual care centre-based exCR only. The duration of each time period for each center will be 15 months. Long-term follow-up will be performed 1 year and 3 years after the index cardiac event.

Connect with a study center

  • Södra Älvsborg Hospital

    Borås,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Mälarsjukhuset

    Eskilstuna,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Falun hospital

    Falun,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Angered Hospital

    Gothenburg,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Sahlgrenska University Hospital

    Gothenburg,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Sahlgrenska University Hospital Östra

    Gothenburg,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Gällivare Hospital

    Gällivare,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Gävle Hospital

    Gävle,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Hässleholm Hospital

    Hässleholm,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Jönköping Ryhov hospital

    Jönköping,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Kalix hospital

    Kalix,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Kalmar Hospital

    Kalmar,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Kungälv Hospital

    Kungälv,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Lindesberg Hospital

    Lindesberg,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Linköping University Hospital

    Linköping,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Ljungby Hospital

    Ljungby,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Sunderbyn hospital

    Luleå,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Skåne University hospital

    Lund,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Skåne University Hospital Malmö

    Malmö,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Capio St Göran Hospital

    Stockholm,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Karolinska University Hospital

    Stockholm,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Sundsvall hospital

    Sundsvall,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Södertälje Hospital

    Södertälje,
    Sweden

    Active - Recruiting

  • Uppsala University Hopsital

    Uppsala,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Visby Hospital

    Visby,
    Sweden

    Active - Recruiting

  • Värnamo hospital

    Värnamo,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

  • Östersund hospital

    Östersund,
    Sweden

    Site Not Available

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