Feasibility of Telerehabilitation in HIV-patients

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

Status: Completed

Conditions: Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Treatments: Behavioral: Endurance ad Resistance Training Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03335176

Telerehabilitation HIV

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to assess the feasibility and the effects of a 6-week telerehabilitation on the three domains of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health in HIV-infected patients under highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).

HIV-infected patients were randomized either into an Endurance and Resistance Training Exercise (ERTE) group or a control (CON) group. Telerehabilitation was realized in a public fitness center, with online guidance and weekly telephone advice, 3 times per week for 6 weeks. Feasibility was determined by recruitment rate, retention rate and adverse events. Secondary outcomes were impact on body composition, inflammation and coagulation (C-reactive protein, D-dimer), physical fitness and quality of life (WHOQOL-HIV).

Enrollment: 25 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years or older
• under HAART treatment
• native French speaker

Exclusion criteria

• AIDS diagnosis
• physical and/or psychiatric impairments that seriously impaired physical activity
• pregnant
• Unstable (defined by any modification of health outcomes during the last 6 months).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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25 participants in 2 patient groups

Endurance and Resistance Training Exercise

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Endurance ad Resistance Training Exercise

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Usual care