The Reducing Exercise Sensitivity With Exposure Training (RESET) Study — RESET  

Acute Coronary Syndrome Clinical Trial

Official title: The Reducing Exercise Sensitivity With Exposure Training (RESET) Study: Interoceptive Bias Reduction Training After Acute Coronary Syndrome

Status Terminated

Clinical Trial Summary

This study investigates the feasibility of conducting a home-based reducing exercise sensitivity with exposure training (RESET) intervention among acute coronary syndrome (ACS) survivors. RESET is an at-home, 2 visit intervention that involves psychoeducation, a brief, low-to-moderate intensity walking session (i.e., interoceptive exposure), and interoceptive counseling, and is designed to reduce exercise sensitivity (i.e., fear of exercise sensations) and improve participation in exercise-based secondary-prevention guidelines (cardiac rehabilitation and physical activity). The primary purpose of this pilot study is to test the feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness of recruiting and administering the RESET intervention in ACS patients.

Clinical Trial Description

Fear of exercise may be prominent among acute coronary syndrome (ACS) survivors due to the presence of physical disease states that can exacerbate uncertainty about bodily sensations. For instance, patients may perceive physical sensations experienced during exercise (e.g., increased heart rate, shortness of breath, fatigue) as dangerous, intolerable, or similar to sensations experienced or attributed to their ACS, resulting in a fear of exercise sensations (i.e., exercise sensitivity). As a result, patients may avoid heart healthy activities, such as cardiac rehabilitation (CR) and physical activity, that prompt these physical sensations or terminate activities at the first sign of discomfort. Novel programs that target patient-level fears related to exercise sensations (i.e., exercise sensitivity) during the first-year post-discharge (the time window patients are eligible for CR) may be needed to improve CR participation and physical activity levels.

To the investigator's knowledge, no intervention has been developed specifically to reduce exercise sensitivity in ACS survivors within the first year post-hospital discharge; a vulnerable population that is extremely sedentary, fails to meet physical activity guidelines, and with the most to gain from CR and physical activity participation. Thus, the investigator developed a de novo protocol for a reducing exercise sensitivity with exposure training (RESET) intervention. ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Acute Coronary Syndrome
• Fear Anxiety
• Hypersensitivity
• Physical Inactivity
• Syndrome

• NCT number: NCT05099926
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Columbia University
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 13, 2021
• Completion date: February 3, 2023