Transgender Observational Performance (TOP)

Instituto Brasileiro de Controle do Cancer

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Transgender Persons

Treatments: Other: Aerobic exercise test.

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05337865

52428321.2.0000.0062

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study will evaluate the sports capabilities of transgender women mainly in terms of muscular strength and aerobic capacity (VO2max). The control group will be composed of cisgender women and cisgender men with the same levels of physical activity.

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of a transgender woman by the DSM-V or ICD10.
• Gonadectomized and non-gonadectomized
• Initiation of androgen blockade and/or estrogen use after 12 years of age.
• Age range 18 to 50 years old.
• BMI: 18.0 to 34.9 kg/m2.
• Well-trained individuals (IPAQ very active)

Exclusion criteria

• Current or previous morbidities that could interfere with strength or aerobic tests.
• Chronic illnesses and/or chronic medication use.
• Musculoskeletal limitations.

Trial design

60 participants in 3 patient groups

Transgender women

Description:

Well-trained transgender women.

Treatment:

Other: Aerobic exercise test.

Cisgender Women

Description:

Well-trained cisgender women.

Treatment:

Other: Aerobic exercise test.

Cisgender Men

Description:

Well-trained cisgender men.

Treatment:

Other: Aerobic exercise test.