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NCT Number: NCT07693348

Impact of Daily Stair Climbing on Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation in Heart Patients

The goal of this interventional study is to improve exercise capacity of patients following a standard rehabilitation program in Arras Hospital with stair climbing .

Patients will be randomized in to 2 groups : intervention or control.

* Control group will follow standard program. * Intervention group will follow standard program and stair climbing (2 floors, twice a day until the exit).

Patients will complete questionnaires and tests before starting study and again at the end (approximately 10 days).

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Key information

Conditions

Rehabilitation

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Arras general hospital

Arras, 62000, France

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Kathleen Jacquez, MSc

CONTACT

[email protected]

03.21.21.13.19 / Poste 41319

Marion FRERE

CONTACT

[email protected]

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Age ≥18 years
  • Patients requiring cardiac rehabilitation admitted to the Eole unit
  • Patients ability to walk at least 200 meters without technical assistance

Exclusion criteria

  • Patient walking with an assistive device
  • Patient with a contraindication to climbing stairs
  • Pre-operative patient
  • Patient with a pacemaker
  • Patient with an implanted defibrillator

Treatment and study plan

stair climb

Other

2 times a day, until exit service (excluding weekends), they will climb two floors of stairs (morning and afternoon, supervised by a therapist)

Primary outcomes

  1. Evolution of number of repetitions on chair stand test

    Time frame: at 10 days or at time of study exit if the patient leaves earlier

    Evolution of number of repetitions in 1 minute on chair stand test between entry and exit of study

Secondary outcomes

  1. Evolution of dyspnea

    Time frame: at 10 days or at time of study exit if the patient leaves earlier

    Evolution of dyspnea (with Modified Medical Research Council (mMRC) scale) between entry and exit of study.

    The scale is from 0 to 4. The higher the stage, the more severe the dyspnea.

  2. Evolution of distance covered on 6-minute walk test

    Time frame: at 10 days or at time of study exit if the patient leaves earlier

    Evolution of distance covered on 6-minute walk test between entry and exit of study.

  3. Evolution of quality life score

    Time frame: at 10 days or at time of study exit if the patient leaves earlier

    Evolution of quality life score with the World Health Organization Quality of Life Bref (WHOQOL Bref) questionnaire between entry and exit study. Measures overall quality of life in four domains: physical, psychological, social relationships, and environment.

  4. Evolution of muscle mass of lower limb

    Time frame: at 10 days or at time of study exit if the patient leaves earlier

    Evolution of muscle mass in lower limb muscle mass measured by bioelectrical impedance between entry and exit of study

  5. Evolution of heart rate post exercise

    Time frame: at 10 days or at time of study exit if the patient leaves earlier

    Evolution of heart rate post exercise between entry and exit study

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Centre Hospitalier Arras

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Impact of Daily Stair Climbing on Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation in Heart Patients : Single-center Comparative Study in Eole Unit of Arras Hospital Center

Acronym: RIME

Important dates

Study start
2026
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2028
First posted
Jul 9, 2026
Registry last updated
Jul 9, 2026

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