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Effect of Yoga based Cardiac Rehabilitation (Yoga-CaRe) in Heart Failure

Effectiveness of Yoga based Cardiac Rehabilitation (Yoga-CaRe) in Heart Failure: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial - Yoga-CaRe HF Trial

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2023/03/050656
Enrollment
3500
Registered
2023-03-14
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-05-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: I509- Heart failure, unspecified

Interventions

Sponsors

Centre for Chronic Disease Control
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1 Male and female patients above 18years Physician diagnosed heart failure patients based on ESC guidelines 2 Patients should be NYHA class II and or III 3 Willing and able to attend the complete hospital-based CR programme on their own Diagnosis of Heart Failure will be based on the European Society of Cardiology ESC Guidelines. The diagnosis of HF-REF requires three conditions to be satisfied 1 Symptoms typical of Heart Failure 2 Signs typical of Heart Failure 3 Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1 Comorbid disease or behavioural or other limitations that interfere with performing Yoga training or prevent the completion of 1 year of exercise training 2 Elective Cardiovascular procedure or hospitalization planned in the coming 3 months 3 Currently pregnant or intend to become pregnant in the next year 4 Heart failure secondary to significant correctable/reversible cause like primary valvular disease or correctable congenital heart disease 5 Performance of exercise training/yoga at regular intervals (more than once per week) at a moderate-to-vigorous intensity at any time in the previous six weeks 6 Participation in other clinical trial

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Co-primary outcome -1 Major adverse cardiovascular events which is a composite of all-cause mortality, nonfatal stroke and all cause hospitalisations at a median follow-up of one year Co-primary outcome-2 Quality of life as assessed by the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire MLHFQ at three monthsTimepoint: Co-primary outcome-1 Median follow-up of one year and Co-primary outcome-1 Three months

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Adherence to prescribed therapyTimepoint: Three months and final follow-up (median 1 year);Cardiovascular mortality at end of trial follow-upTimepoint: Median Follow-up 1 year;Cost effectivenessTimepoint: Median Follow-up 1 year;Heart Failure Specific Hospitalisation at end of trial follow-upTimepoint: Median Follow-up 1 year;Quality of life and depression among care-giversTimepoint: 3 months and 6 months;Quality of life as measured by MLHFQTimepoint: 6 months and 12 months;Safety outcomesTimepoint: Median Follow-up 1 year;Self rated health as measured by European Quality of Life Questionnare EQ-5D-5LTimepoint: 3 and 6 months;Self reported frailty as reported by Fried Frailty Phenotype toolTimepoint: 3 and 6 months;Six-minute walk test 6MWTTimepoint: 3 and 6 months;Smoking CessationTimepoint: 3 months and 1 year

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Chandrasekaran BNYS MPH

Centre for Chronic Disease Control

dprabhakaran@ccdcindia.org

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026