NCT05194397RecruitingPhase 2
Exercise Training and NR Supplementation Trial to Improve Fitness in AYA HCT Survivors
Intensive Tailored Exercise Training With NAD+ Precursor Supplementation to Improve Muscle Mass and Fitness in Adolescent and Young Adult Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Survivors
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Dec 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This will be a randomized, placebo-controlled trial with a 2x2 factorial design testing the effects of an NAD+ precursor (NR) and exercise on skeletal muscle quality and VO2max in AYA HCT survivors. The primary outcome is the change in muscle strength (isometric knee extension) from baseline to 16 weeks. Key secondary outcomes are the change in muscle strength (ankle plantarflexion) from baseline to 16 weeks, the change in grip strength from baseline to 16 weeks, the change in lower extremity muscle mass from baseline to 16 weeks, the change in muscle OXPHOS capacity from baseline to 16 weeks, and the change in aerobic capacity (VO2 max) from baseline to 16 weeks.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 80 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 9 Dec 2021
- Start date
- 23 Feb 2023
- Primary completion date
- 30 Jun 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- NCT number
- NCT05194397
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
- Planned participants: 80
- From 23 Feb 2023 to the primary completion date, 30 Jun 2026
- 3 sites in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Concurrent use of any medications, including statins, likely to increase risk of NR toxicity
- Active malignancy, investigational agent(s) within 4 wks, or supraphysiological glucocorticoids at the baseline visit
Other illness
- Diabetes Mellitus requiring insulin or insulin secretagogue
- Unstable angina or history of acute myocardial infarction (\<5 days of planned study procedures)
- Uncontrolled arrhythmia causing symptoms
- Thrombosis of lower extremities
- Non-cardiopulmonary disorders that may affect exercise performance or be aggravated by exercise (e.g. infection, renal failure, thyrotoxicosis, \>moderate Graft versus host disease (GVHD) resulting in physical or functional impairment)
Lab values
- Hemoglobin \< 10 g/dL
- Platelets \< 50K
- HbA1C ≥ 8% or fasting glucose \> 125 mg/dL; However if the participant is diabetic, both fasting glucose level and HbA1C must meet the criteria to be deemed eligible.
- Kidney disease (eGFR \< 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
- Liver disease Alanine aminotransferase (ALT)/Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (ALT/AST \> 3 x ULN)
Other
- Known sensitivity to NR
- Currently meeting public health exercise guidelines
- Use of NAD+ precursors (supra-physiologic) within 4 weeks
- Limitations in physical function preventing exercise testing/training
- Recurrent syncope
- Symptomatic severe aortic stenosis
- Pulmonary embolus \<3 months of study procedures
- Symptomatic moderate or severe persistent asthma based on Forced Expiratory Volume (FEV) from pre-HCT pulmonary function testing
- Room air desaturation at rest ≤85%
- Females: Pregnant or planning pregnancy
- Parents/guardians or subjects who, in the opinion of the Investigator, may be non-compliant with study schedules or procedures.
- For MRI procedure: Contraindications to MRI. Individuals will be screened to ensure they can safely complete the MRI. \*participants who cannot complete the MRI will not be excluded from participation in the remainder of the study procedures if they meet those inclusion and exclusion criteria.
- Current weight precludes safe completion of study procedures
Who the study is looking for
- Males and females, ages 10-30 years at enrollment
- Able to understand and speak English
- Diagnosis of leukemia (myeloid, lymphoid), aplastic anemia, bone marrow failure syndrome, or myelodysplastic syndrome requiring allogeneic HCT
- 6-48 months from allogeneic HCT
- Females must have a negative urine/serum pregnancy test and must use an acceptable method of contraception, including abstinence, a barrier method (diaphragm or condom), Depo-Provera, or an oral contraceptive, for the duration of the study.
- Subject's informed consent or parental/guardian permission (informed consent) and if appropriate, child assent
- Minimum weight of 24 kg
Age in the registry: 10 years to 30 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (3)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Hope Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Duarte | United States | Recruiting |
| St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Memphis | United States | Recruiting |
| Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Recruiting |
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