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Text Message Intervention to Improve Cardiac Rehab Participation

TerminatedNot applicableNCT03346278
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.

Brief summary (from the registry)

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is strongly recommended for patients with coronary heart disease. However, patient enrollment and completion of cardiac rehabilitation is low. This study will examine if a mobile phone intervention that uses a text messaging program can successfully promote participation in cardiac rehabilitation.

Study details

Official title
Text Messaging to Improve Heart Healthy Behaviors and Cardiac Rehabilitation Participation
Conditions
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
  • Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery
  • Heart Valve Repair or Replacement
  • Heart Transplant
  • Left Ventricular Assist Device
  • Chronic Stable Angina
  • Chronic Stable Heart Failure
Interventions
  • Behavioral: Text Messaging Intervention
Sponsor
University of Washington
Collaborators
John L. Locke Jr. Charitable Trust
Start date
2017-11-07
Primary completion
2018-05-03
Sex
All
Age range
from 21 Years
Results posted
No results posted in this snapshot
Countries
United States
Total sites listed
1

Eligibility criteria

Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Part 1: Diagnosis eligible for cardiac rehabilitation within 90 days (myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass surgery, heart valve repair/replacement, heart transplant, left ventricular assist device, chronic stable angina, chronic stable heart failure) * Part 2: Hospitalized for diagnosis eligible for cardiac rehabilitation (myocardial infarction, percutaneous coronary intervention, coronary artery bypass surgery, heart valve repair/replacement, heart transplant, left ventricular assist device) * Eligible for cardiac rehabilitation * Owns a smartphone capable of receiving and sending SMS text messages Exclusion Criteria: * Unable to communicate in English

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03346278