On-Line Intervention to Lower Cardiovascular Risk in Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients

Trial ID or NCT#

NCT02519946

Status

not recruiting iconNOT RECRUITING

Purpose

Pediatric heart transplant patients have a high-risk cardiovascular profile affecting their long-term outcomes and survival. Currently, no effective cardiovascular preventative care is provided for this pediatric population, in part, due to the fact that clinic-based programs are not easily accessible to children and their families. However, tele-health has been show to improve medical outcomes by making care more accessible to these patients. This study aims to meet the urgent need for an effective and sustainable delivery of preventative care to pediatric heart transplant patients using a diet and exercise intervention program delivered live over the internet direct to these patients' homes.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study: 9 Years to 19 Years
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
Inclusion Criteria:
  1. * Heart transplant \>11 months before baseline visit* Able to fast overnight* Cardiac clearance to exercise by the primary cardiologist* Presence of an adult at home during the exercise training sessions for patients \< 14 years of age
Exclusion Criteria:
  1. * Acute illness* Latex allergy* Document transplant rejection \< 3 months* Re-transplantation or multi-organ transplantation* Malignancy
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Investigator(s)

Seda Tierney

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