How Yoga based cardiac rehabilitation influence sleep and heart rhythm in heart failure patients - A study using Apple watches

Effectiveness of Yoga-based Cardiac Rehabilitation (Yoga-CaRe) in Heart Failure: An Apple-Watch Enabled Physiological Sub-study of Yoga-CaRe HF trial - Apple Watch Sub-study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2025/05/087827

Enrollment

400

Registered

2025-05-28

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-06-24

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: I509- Heart failure, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention1: Yoga based cardiac rehabilitaton programme for Heart Failure (Yoga-CaRe HF): The Yoga-CaRe HF programme involves an array of health education component aiming at lifestyle changes dieta

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 interferew ith 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

Measure	Time 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 months Timepoint: Co-primary outcome-1 Median follow-up of one year and Co-primary outcome-2 Three months	—

Measure

Time 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 months Timepoint: Co-primary outcome-1 Median follow-up of one year and Co-primary outcome-2 Three months

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1.Sleep duration 2.Deep sleep 3.Atrial fibrillation episodes 4.Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index Timepoint: All the outcomes will be assessed at Baseline 3 months 6 months	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Chandrasekaran BNYS MPH

Centre for Chronic Disease Control

dprabhakaran@ccdcindia.org9810118696

Outcome results

None listed

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