NCT04877041Completed
Exercise and Cardiac Stunning During HD
Trial of Intradialytic Cycling as Kidney Exercise Rehabilitation for Cardiac Stunning in Hemodialysis (TICKERS-HD)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of a 12-week cycling during hemodialysis program on hemodialysis-induced myocardial stunning in adult individuals receiving hemodialysis.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 111 (actual)
- First submitted
- 3 May 2021
- Start date
- 1 Mar 2023
- Primary completion date
- 14 Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of Manitoba
- Diseases
- Chronic kidney disease
- NCT number
- NCT04877041
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 111
- From 1 Mar 2023 to the primary completion date, 14 Jan 2026
- 6 sites in 2 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Prior treatment
- Symptomatic hypoglycemia (\>2x/week in week prior to enrolment)
Other illness
- Acute coronary syndrome in the past 3 months
- Unstable arrhythmia
Other
- Shortness of breath at rest or with minimal activity (NYHA Class 4)
- Participating in clinical intradialytic cycling program in last 3 months (if a clinical program exists)
Who the study is looking for
- Adults greater than or equal to 18 years old (no upper age limit); who are greater than; 3 months after starting maintenance hemodialysis
- No expected change in dialysis modality, elective surgery or relocation outside of study site during the intervention period (16 weeks)
- Assessed to be safe and able to exercise by the hemodialysis unit nephrologist
- Able to communicate in English and provide written informed consent
- Must be dialyzing thrice weekly
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (6)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of South Australia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Adelaide | Australia | Unknown status |
| University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Calgary | Canada | Unknown status |
| University of Alberta Department of Internal Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edmonton | Canada | Unknown status |
| Western University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | London | Canada | Unknown status |
| St Pauls Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Vancouver | Canada | Unknown status |
| University of Manitoba Department of Internal Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Winnipeg | Canada | Unknown status |
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