Comparing aerobic exercise and a behavioral program for people with asthma
Compares aerobic training with a behavioral program to raise activity in adults with asthma.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Aerobic Training Versus Behavioral Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Patients With Asthma
Key facts
- Where
- São Paulo, BrazilSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 65 years old?
Source: NCT05364632, who can take part
Where in Brazil
- Clinical Hospital of São Paulo University medical school (HCFMUSP)São Paulo, BrazilTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
- Trial code
- NCT05364632
- Record updated
- 15 May 2025
- Original description
To compare the effects of aerobic training and behavioural intervention to increase physical activity in the clinical control of asthma and in the quality of life of patients with asthma.Read full original descriptionShow less
Effects of Aerobic Training Versus Behavioral Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Patients With Asthma: a Randomized, Blinded Clinical Trial.
To compare the effects of aerobic training and behavioural intervention to increase physical activity in the clinical control of asthma and in the quality of life of patients with asthma.
Inclusion: Participants not physically active; Uncontrolled asthma (ACQ>1,5); Diagnosis of asthma based on the recommendations of the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA 2020); Be under outpatient follow-up at the Pulmonology or Immunology service of the University of Sao Paulo General Hospital; Be under outpatient medical treatment for at least six months, with a stable clinical condition for at least 30 days; Being using optimized drug therapy for asthma.
Exclusion: Pregnancy and psychiatric problems that make it difficult to understand the questionnaires and the study protocol; Presence of another chronic lung, neurological or musculoskeletal disease that hinders or prevents physical activity; Participation in another research protocol; Difficulty in understanding any of the questionnaires used; Practitioners of regular physical activity; Patients who are smokers or ex-smokers (who have quit smoking for less than 1 year or who have smoked more than 15 pack-years).