Fontan Fitness Trial: Digital Exercise for Single-Ventricle Heart Disease

This study, called the Fontan Fitness Trial, is looking at how a home-based digital exercise program can help children aged 10-17 with Fontan circulation (a type of single-ventricle congenital heart disease) improve their physical fitness and activity levels. Participants will be randomly assigned to either receive enhanced usual care (like a physical activity tracker and encouragement) or the digital exercise program. The digital program includes personalized plans for aerobic and resistance exercises, along with strategies to help you stay engaged. Researchers will compare these groups to see if the digital program increases physical activity and fitness. To join the main part of the study, your predicted peak VO2 (a measure of fitness) needs to be less than 80%.

Study design
This is an interventional, randomized controlled trial planning to enroll up to 200 participants. It compares a digital exercise intervention to enhanced usual care.
What's involved
If randomized, you would participate in a 6-month intervention, followed by a 5.5-month monitoring phase. This involves initial testing, a two-week run-in period, and measurements at 0, 6, and 12 months.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed for 12 months after starting the study, with measurements taken at 6 and 12 months.

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NCT06918795

Fontan Fitness Trial

Recruiting
NAAges 10–17InterventionalTreatment
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
~200 participants
Updated 2026-04-13 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Digital Exercise Intervention

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
MIMS-units
Measured over 0 to 12 months. Evaluated from baseline to 6 months, baseline to 12 months, and 6 to 12 months.
+3 more outcomes measured
Single-ventricle
Congenital Heart Disease

NCT06918795

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 1 site. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvaniastudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

  • Elizabeth Goldmuntz, MD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Fontan Circulation present
Girls ≥11 years of age or menstruating must have negative urine pregnancy test
Neurodevelopmental capacity to complete all study procedures
Physical capacity to complete all study procedures
English speaking with at least one English speaking parent/guardian
To enroll in the randomized control trial, percent predicted peak VO2 \<80% of age-sex matched normal controls on the baseline exercise stress test (EST)

Exclusion

Inability to complete an EST at any time (i.e. limited physical or executive function)
Uncontrolled lymphatic disorders
Uncontrolled noncardiac conditions
Exercise induced or uncontrolled arrhythmias
Pacemaker or internal cardiac defibrillator (ICD)
Peak VO2 \<45% age-sex predicted
Having had or under consideration for a heart transplant
Pregnant or lactating females
Parents/guardians or subjects who, in the opinion of the investigator, may be non-compliant with study schedules or procedures
  • MIMS-units0 to 12 months. Evaluated from baseline to 6 months, baseline to 12 months, and 6 to 12 months.

    Change in total volume of physical activity (PA) operationalized as a Monitor Independent Movement Summary (MIMS) units, expressed as a percentile based on what is expected for their age and sex.

  • Absolute peak VO20 to 12 months. Evaluated from baseline to 6 months, baseline to 12 months, and 6 to 12 months.

    Change in absolute peak VO2, the maximum amount of oxygen the body consumes during exercise without regard to body weight (liters/minute).

  • Percent predicted peak VO20 to 12 months. Evaluated from baseline to 6 months, baseline to 12 months, and 6 to 12 months.

    Change in percent predicted peak VO2, the maximum amount of oxygen the body consumes during exercise expressed as a percentage of what is expected for their age and sex.

  • Leg lean mass0 to 12 months. Evaluated from baseline to 6 months, baseline to 12 months, and 6 to 12 months.

    Change in leg lean mass presented as a z-score. Leg lean mass z-score compares an individual's leg muscle mass to the average for their age and sex, with values below -2.0 indicating lower-than-expected muscle mass.