Exercise Training in Youth With Inflammatory Bowel Disease

McMaster University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Pediatric Crohns Disease; Pediatric Ulcerative Colitis

Treatments: Other: Exercise training program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05591976

13-194

Details and patient eligibility

About

Children and adolescents with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) suffer from many extra-intestinal side effects, including impaired muscle strength, low aerobic fitness, low bone density, and chronic inflammation. While exercise training can help remedy these issues in adults with IBD, no studies have examined the physiological effects of a structured aerobic and resistance exercise training intervention for youth with IBD.

The aim of this pilot study is to to assess the feasibility, safety, and participant satisfaction of a structured 16-week training program for children with IBD. The secondary objectives of this study were to quantify the effects of a 16-week exercise training program on select physiological and behavioural outcomes in children with IBD.

Enrollment: 11 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 17 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• In remission (score of >10) according to the pediatric Crohn's disease activity index (PCDAI) or the ulcerative colitis activity index (PUCAI)
• Confirmed IBD diagnosis

Exclusion criteria

• Children who exercise train 3 times a week of more

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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11 participants in 1 patient group

Exercise group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants are assessed for outcomes prior to intervention, mid-way through intervention and immediately after intervention.

Treatment:

Other: Exercise training program