A prospective observational study to clarify risk factors for progression of frailty in elderly patients with heart failure

A prospective observational study to clarify risk factors for progression of frailty in elderly patients with heart failure - Frail-eldHF Study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000060698

Enrollment

410

Registered

2026-02-18

Start date

2026-01-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Heart failure

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Patients admitted to participating facilities for acute heart failure between December 2024 and March 2027 (2) Patients aged 65 or over (3) Able to walk (4) Participating in cardiac rehabilitation during hospitalization

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1) Patients scheduled for coronary revascularisation (PCI), cardiac surgery, pacemaker therapy, or catheter ablation after discharge (2) Unable to walk (3) Patinets on hemodialysis (4) Unable to follow (5) Patients deemed unsuitable for participation in this study by the principal investigator

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
frailty progression	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Prognosis, heart failiure re-hospitalization, cardiovascular events and non-cardiovascular events in two years, Changes in physical status and other indicators for frailty, QOL	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactMoritake Iguchi

Kyoto medical center Department of cardiac rehabilitation

moritake.igu@gmail.com075-641-9161

Outcome results