# Effects of Sauna on Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Function in Patients With HFpEF (SAUNA-HFpEF)

> **NCT06978868** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg** · enrollment: 18 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

## Interventions

- **OTHER:** Sauna Intervention in Clinically Stable Outpatients with HFpEF

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT06978868
- **Lead sponsor:** Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2023-10-19
- **Primary completion:** 2024-05-02
- **Final completion:** 2024-08-16
- **Target enrollment:** 18 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2025-05-18


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT06978868

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT06978868, "Effects of Sauna on Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Function in Patients With HFpEF (SAUNA-HFpEF)". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-04 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT06978868. Licensed CC0.

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