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NCT Number: NCT03270124

A pragmatiC sTrategy to Promote actIVity and Enhance Quality of Life AFTER Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

This study is being performed in patients who have undergone transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) for aortic stenosis. The goal is to obtain pilot and feasibility data on a novel post-procedure rehabilitation strategy, including a daily activity goal using a fitness tracking device (Fitbit Alta HR) and in-home resistance training exercises targeting muscles related to activities of daily living. We will evaluate the effect of these interventions on physical performance and several quality of life domains.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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About this study

The study will be conducted in three phases. Subjects who have been treated commercially with TAVR with a SAPIEN 3 valve and are being discharged to home will be eligible for Phase 1. Once consented prior to discharge, patients will complete the KCCQ, PROMIS Questionnaires, 5m walk, chair stand, and handgrip tests. During phase 1, all subjects will have a Fitbit and answer quality of life questions on the iPad about their activities and quality of life. After 30 days, the subject will return to complete the PROMIS Questionnaires, 5m walk, chair stand, balance tests, and handgrip tests, as well as a KCCQ. If the subject has consistently provided data throughout Phase 1, they will be asked to continue on to Phases 2 and 3 and complete a 6 minute walk test at this baseline visit. For Phase 2, subjects will be randomized to one of two arms. In one arm, they will have a daily activity goal and resistance exercises; in the other arm, there will not be a daily activity goal and no resistance exercises given. After 6 weeks, the subject will return to complete the 5m walk, 6 minute walk test, chair stand, balance tests, and handgrip tests, PROMIS Questionnaires, as well as a KCCQ. Five months after enrollment into Phase 2, subjects will be given a Fitbit to track their daily activity for 1 week (Phase 3). They will also complete a KCCQ, PROMIS Questionnaires, and end of study questionnaire.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Phase 1 - Starts after the TAVR procedure and prior to discharge • Patients treated commercially with TAVR with a SAPIEN 3 valve

Phases 2 and 3 - Starts at 30 day post-TAVR follow-up visit

  • Patients enrolled in Phase 1

Exclusion criteria

Phase 1 - Starts after the TAVR procedure and prior to discharge

  • Stroke during or immediately after the TAVR procedure prior to discharge
  • Inability to walk
  • Non-English speaking (because the mobile app and CAT questionnaires are only in English)
  • Physical or neuropsychiatric limitations that would prevent proficient use of the study tools and successful completion of the physical and quality of life assessments. These limitations may include, but are not limited to: blindness, neuropathy, severe tremor or disabling motor deficit, cognitive impairment (documentation of dementia in the medical record), or illiteracy.
  • Unwillingness or inability of the subject to provide informed consent for Phase 1 (no LARs allowed)
  • Planned discharge from hospital to skilled nursing or rehabilitation facility

Phases 2 and 3 - Starts at 30 day post-TAVR follow-up visit

  • All exclusion criteria from Phase 1 apply
  • Stroke during Phase 1
  • Residing in a skilled nursing facility at the 30 day post-TAVR follow-up visit
  • Patients with unreliable use of the iPad mobile app or Fitbit during Phase 1 (e.g. not wearing the Fitbit at least 10 waking hours a day for at least 5 days a week)
  • Unwillingness or inability of the subject to provide informed consent for Phases 2/3 (no LARs allowed)

Treatment and study plan

Daily Activity Goal

Behavioral

Patients are given a tailored daily activity goal in terms of steps per day for which to aim.

Other names: Resistance Exercise and Activity Goal Arm

Resistance Exercises

Behavioral

Patients will instructed to perform 3 different resistance exercises targeting muscles pertinent to activities of daily living on 6 out of 7 days a week.

Other names: Resistance Exercise and Activity Goal Arm

Daily Activity Recording

Behavioral

A Fitbit will be worn by all participants to record daily activity.

Primary outcomes

  1. Average Daily Steps

    Time frame: Randomization to 6 weeks

    Average daily steps over the intervention period

  2. Short Physical Performance Battery score

    Time frame: 6 week value, adjusted for baseline value

    Combination of gait speed, balance test, and chair-to-stand test at the end of the intervention

  3. Quality of Life as measured with the KCCQ Overall Summary Score

    Time frame: 6 week value, adjusted for baseline value

    KCCQ overall summary score

Secondary outcomes

  1. 5 meter gait time at the end of the intervention period

    Time frame: Randomization to 6 weeks

    5 meter gait time at the end of the intervention period, adjusted for baseline

  2. Chair Sit to Stand Test

    Time frame: 6 week value, adjusted for baseline value

    Time to complete 5 chair stands

  3. Balance Test Score at the end of the intervention period

    Time frame: Randomization to 6 weeks

    Balance Test Score at the end of the intervention period, adjusted for baseline

  4. 6 minute walk

    Time frame: 6 week value, adjusted for baseline value

    6 minute walk distance at the end of the intervention period

  5. Handgrip

    Time frame: 6 week value, adjusted for baseline value

    Handgrip strength

  6. Average number of hours per day with 250 or more steps

    Time frame: Randomization to 6 weeks

    Average number of hours per day with 250 or more steps over the intervention period

  7. Average Global Physical Health as assessed by the PROMIS Global Health 10 Short Form

    Time frame: Randomization to 6 weeks

    Average Global Physical Health as assessed by the PROMIS Global Health 10 Short Form over the intervention period

  8. Average Global Mental Health as assessed by the PROMIS Global Health 10 Short Form

    Time frame: Randomization to 6 weeks

    Average Global Mental Health as assessed by the PROMIS Global Health 10 Short Form over the intervention period

  9. Physical Function as assessed by the NIH PROMIS computerized adaptive test

    Time frame: Randomization to 6 weeks

    Physical Function as assessed by the NIH PROMIS computerized adaptive test, adjusted for baseline

  10. Depression as assessed by the NIH PROMIS computerized adaptive test

    Time frame: Randomization to 6 weeks

    Depression as assessed by the NIH PROMIS computerized adaptive test, adjusted for baseline

  11. Fatigue as assessed by the NIH PROMIS computerized adaptive test

    Time frame: Randomization to 6 weeks

    Fatigue as assessed by the NIH PROMIS computerized adaptive test, adjusted for baseline

  12. Dyspnea as assessed by the NIH PROMIS computerized adaptive test

    Time frame: Randomization to 6 weeks

    Dyspnea as assessed by the NIH PROMIS computerized adaptive test, adjusted for baseline

  13. Daily Active Minutes (total)

    Time frame: Randomization to 6 weeks

    Average daily active minutes (total)

  14. Daily Active Minutes of Moderate to High Intensity

    Time frame: Randomization to 6 weeks

    Average daily minutes of moderate to high intensity

  15. Sedentary Minutes

    Time frame: Randomization to 6 weeks

    Average daily sedentary minutes

  16. Daily Steps

    Time frame: 6 weeks post baseline to end of study

    Average daily steps

  17. Daily Active Minutes (total)

    Time frame: 6 weeks post baseline to end of study

    Average daily active minutes (total)

  18. Daily Active Minutes of Moderate to High Intensity

    Time frame: 6 weeks post baseline to end of study

    Average daily active minutes of moderate to high intensity

  19. Daily Sedentary Minutes

    Time frame: 6 weeks post baseline to end of study

    Average daily sedentary minutes

  20. KCCQ Overall Summary Score

    Time frame: 6 weeks post baseline to end of study

    KCCQ overall summary score, adjusted for baseline

  21. Global Physical Health

    Time frame: 6 weeks post baseline to end of study

    Global physical health as assessed by the PROMIS Global Health 10 Short Form, adjusted for baseline

  22. Global Mental Health

    Time frame: 6 weeks post baseline to end of study

    Global mental health as assessed by the PROMIS Global Health 10 Short Form, adjusted for baseline

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Other

Collaborators

  • Edwards Lifesciences

Registry information

Official study title

A pragmatiC sTrategy to Promote actIVity and Enhance Quality of Life AFTER Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (ACTIVE AFTER TAVR): A Pilot Study

Important dates

Study start
2017
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Sep 1, 2017
Registry last updated
Apr 1, 2021

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