NCT05714098Completed
Gerofit Exercise Intervention for Older Adults With Sickle Cell Disease (SICKLE-FIT Study)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 30 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this study to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and safety of a personalized exercise training program adapted from Gerofit to improve physical health and quality of life for adults with SCD
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 33 (actual)
- First submitted
- 18 Jan 2023
- Start date
- 27 Mar 2023
- Primary completion date
- 30 May 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Duke University
- Diseases
- Sickle cell disease
- NCT number
- NCT05714098
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 33
- From 27 Mar 2023 to the primary completion date, 30 May 2025
- 1 site 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
- Successfully treated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for SCD
Other illness
- Diagnosed with moderate or severe cognitive impairment based on ICD-10 codes or report from their outpatient provider
- Have moderate to severe uncorrected visual or auditory impairment
- Unstable cardiac disease.
Other
- Unable to self-consent
- Wheelchair-bound
- Oxygen-dependent
- Pregnant
- Have severe avascular necrosis requiring an assist device
Who the study is looking for
- Have a diagnosis of sickle cell disease (any genotype) confirmed by hemoglobin electrophoresis, high performance liquid chromatography, or genotyping
- Understand and speak fluent English.
Age in the registry: 40 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Durham | United States | Unknown status |
Related publications
- The SickleFit Tele-Exercise Program for older adults with sickle cell disease: feasibility, acceptability, safety study.Blood Red Cells Iron · 2026 · PMID 42836085
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