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Increasing Exercise Adherence After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With the Fitbit Charge HR Device

An interventional study of Fitbit Charge HR in Acute Coronary Syndrome, sponsored by North Texas Veterans Healthcare System. Status unknown. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-06-02.

Sponsored by North Texas Veterans Healthcare System · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified May 2016), so the status shown — last known as Enrolling by invitation — may be out of date.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Design: Single center, prospective, randomized study that will compare activity levels in patients who complete cardiac rehabilitation after clinically indicated percutaneous coronary intervention with and without use of the wrist-worn Fitbit Charge HR device and mobile platform application.

Primary Endpoint: The average number of steps taken per day will serve as the main marker of daily physical activity.

Control: Patients who do not receive the device (Fitbit Charge HR).

Secondary Endpoints: (1) change in daily energy expenditure (2) change in number of activity and sedentary bouts (3) change in sleep efficiency (4) change in weekly time of moderate/vigorous physical activity (5) change in quality of life (6) change in indicators of depression (7) change in medication adherence(8) change in HDL and LDL cholesterol (9) change in BMI and waist circumference (10) change in resting heart rate and blood pressure (11) change in exercise stress test performance (timeframe for all: baseline - 12 weeks)

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Conditions studied

  • Acute Coronary Syndrome

Keywords

  • Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Intervention
  • Cardiac Rehabilitation
  • Fitbit Charge HR
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In context

Acute Coronary Syndrome

1,461 studies on the registry are indexed under Acute Coronary Syndrome; 267 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 40 is below the median of 200 across 869 interventional studies indexed under Acute Coronary Syndrome.

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Lead sponsor

North Texas Veterans Healthcare System is the lead sponsor of 31 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Age 18 years or greater
  • Willing and able to give informed consent
  • Successful, clinically-indicated PCI with no plan for staged procedure
  • Clinically stable and able to exercise
  • Access to smartphone (Apple or Android platform)
  • Completed 10 weeks of CR and is expected to graduate program.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Plan for PCI or other major surgical procedure, which would limit exercise capability, within the 14 weeks following study enrollment.
  • Home oxygen requirement
  • Amputation, peripheral arterial disease, other musculoskeletal or neurological disease affecting mobility
  • End-stage renal disease
  • Ongoing Unstable angina or CCS IV angina
  • NYHA IV heart failure
  • Terminal illness
  • Dementia
  • Fall risk (inability to hold semi-tandem stance for 10 seconds)
  • Pregnant women and prisoners
  • Any other criteria that in the opinion of the investigator would preclude patient participation in the study and/or impact exercise capability.
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
40 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Fitbit Charge HR

    Use of the Fitbit Charge HR, a simple, user-friendly, wrist-worn, commercially available device which provides feedback on exercise goal adherence, in combination with the Fitbit mobile platform application. All patients will wear the Actigraph wGT3X-BT, from which data is extracted. Actigraph does not provide patient any feedback.

    Device: Fitbit Charge HR

  • No intervention
    No Device

    No Fitbit used and no feedback on exercise goal adherence. All patients will wear the Actigraph wGT3X-BT, from which data is extracted. Actigraph does not provide patient any feedback.

Interventions

  • DeviceFitbit Charge HR

    Patients randomized to the FitBit group will receive Fitbit Charge HR, a simple, user-friendly, wrist-worn, commercially available device which provides feedback on exercise goal adherence, in combination with the Fitbit mobile platform application.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Relative change in average number of steps taken per day

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks after completion of cardiac rehabilitation

Secondary outcomes

  1. Relative change in average daily energy expenditure measured in % change in the average number of calories (kcal) expended per day

    Average daily energy expenditure will be measured in kcal/day by the Actigraph wGT3X-BT device.

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks after completion of cardiac rehabilitation

  2. Relative change in average number of daily activity bouts measured in % change in the average number of activity bouts per day

    Activity bouts will be measured as periods of continuous activity recorded by the Actigraph wGT3X-BT device.

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks after completion of cardiac rehabilitation

  3. Relative change in average number of daily sedentary bouts measured in % change in the average number of sedentary bouts per day

    Sedentary bouts will be measured as periods of prolonged inactivity recorded by the Actigraph wGT3X-BT device. Non-wear time periods are excluded from this analysis.

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks after completion of cardiac rehabilitation

  4. Relative change in average daily sleep efficiency measured in % change in average sleep efficiency. Sleep efficiency will also be measured in %.

    Sleep efficiency will be measured in % using data from the Actigraph wGT3X-BT device.

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks after completion of cardiac rehabilitation

  5. Relative change in average weekly moderate/vigorous physical activity, measured in % change in minutes spent in moderate/vigorous physical activity per week

    change in weekly time of moderate/vigorous physical activity (MVPA, defined as activity intensity of ≥3.0 metabolic equivalents \[MET\] or ≥100 steps/min) (minutes).

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks after completion of cardiac rehabilitation

  6. Relative change in quality of life, measured in % change in SF-36 health survey questionnaire score

    change in quality of life (as assessed by the Short Form Health (SF36) questionnaire).

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks after completion of cardiac rehabilitation

  7. Relative change in indicators of depression, measured in % change in PHQ9 questionnaire score

    change in indicators of depression (as assessed by the Patient Health (PHQ9) questionnaire).

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks after completion of cardiac rehabilitation

  8. Relative change in medication adherence, measured in % change in MMAS questionnaire score

    change in medication adherence (as assessed by the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8).

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks after completion of cardiac rehabilitation

  9. Relative change in HDL and LDL cholesterol

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks after completion of cardiac rehabilitation

  10. Relative change in BMI

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks after completion of cardiac rehabilitation

  11. Relative change in resting heart rate

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks after completion of cardiac rehabilitation

  12. Relative change in exercise stress test performance

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks after completion of cardiac rehabilitation

  13. Relative change in blood pressure (BP)

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks after completion of cardiac rehabilitation

  14. Relative change in waist circumference

    Time frame: Baseline and 12 weeks after completion of cardiac rehabilitation

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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References and documents

Publications

  • Levine GN, Bates ER, Blankenship JC, Bailey SR, Bittl JA, Cercek B, Chambers CE, Ellis SG, Guyton RA, Hollenberg SM, Khot UN, Lange RA, Mauri L, Mehran R, Moussa ID, Mukherjee D, Nallamothu BK, Ting HH. 2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions. Circulation. 2011 Dec 6;124(23):e574-651. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0b013e31823ba622. Epub 2011 Nov 7. No abstract available. Erratum In: Circulation. 2012 Feb 28;125(8):e412. Dosage error in article text. PubMed 22064601 ↗
  • Goel K, Lennon RJ, Tilbury RT, Squires RW, Thomas RJ. Impact of cardiac rehabilitation on mortality and cardiovascular events after percutaneous coronary intervention in the community. Circulation. 2011 May 31;123(21):2344-52. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.983536. Epub 2011 May 16. PubMed 21576654 ↗
  • Moore SM, Dolansky MA, Ruland CM, Pashkow FJ, Blackburn GG. Predictors of women's exercise maintenance after cardiac rehabilitation. J Cardiopulm Rehabil. 2003 Jan-Feb;23(1):40-9. doi: 10.1097/00008483-200301000-00008. PubMed 12576911 ↗
  • Dolansky MA, Stepanczuk B, Charvat JM, Moore SM. Women's and men's exercise adherence after a cardiac event. Res Gerontol Nurs. 2010 Jan;3(1):30-8. doi: 10.3928/19404921-20090706-03. Epub 2010 Jan 27. PubMed 20128541 ↗
  • Moore SM, Charvat JM, Gordon NH, Pashkow F, Ribisl P, Roberts BL, Rocco M. Effects of a CHANGE intervention to increase exercise maintenance following cardiac events. Ann Behav Med. 2006 Feb;31(1):53-62. doi: 10.1207/s15324796abm3101_9. PubMed 16472039 ↗
  • Bravata DM, Smith-Spangler C, Sundaram V, Gienger AL, Lin N, Lewis R, Stave CD, Olkin I, Sirard JR. Using pedometers to increase physical activity and improve health: a systematic review. JAMA. 2007 Nov 21;298(19):2296-304. doi: 10.1001/jama.298.19.2296. PubMed 18029834 ↗
  • Izawa KP, Watanabe S, Omiya K, Hirano Y, Oka K, Osada N, Iijima S. Effect of the self-monitoring approach on exercise maintenance during cardiac rehabilitation: a randomized, controlled trial. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2005 May;84(5):313-21. doi: 10.1097/01.phm.0000156901.95289.09. PubMed 15829777 ↗
  • Bohannon RW. Number of pedometer-assessed steps taken per day by adults: a descriptive meta-analysis. Phys Ther. 2007 Dec;87(12):1642-50. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20060037. Epub 2007 Oct 2. PubMed 17911274 ↗
  • VanWormer JJ, Boucher JL, Pronk NP, Thoennes JJ. Lifestyle behavior change and coronary artery disease: effectiveness of a telephone-based counseling program. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2004 Nov-Dec;36(6):333-4. doi: 10.1016/s1499-4046(06)60406-5. No abstract available. PubMed 15617619 ↗
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Updates

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No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 2, 2016, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02788929
Lead sponsor
North Texas Veterans Healthcare System
Responsible party
Emmanouil Brilakis (Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Professor of Medicine, North Texas Veterans Healthcare System) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jun 2, 2016
Start date
May 2016
Primary completion
May 2017 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 2, 2016

Study contacts

Emmanouil S Brilakis, MD, PhD
study chair · North Texas Veterans Healthcare System

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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