NCT06322030Recruiting
Weight Loss and ExeRcise for Post-stroke Veterans
Enhancing Mobility and Psychosocial Function in Obese Veterans Following Stroke Via Weight Loss and ExeRcise (EMPOWER)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 15 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Weight loss interventions for neurologically health individuals have established benefits for improving physical and psychosocial function. The investigators believe that Veterans who have had a stroke would realize similar benefits and that the effects would be enhanced with concurrent exercise training. The investigators will study the effects of a 15-week lifestyle management program to determine if it can effectively improve some of the physical and psychosocial problems common in Veterans who have had a stroke.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 99 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 13 Mar 2024
- Start date
- 1 May 2024
- Primary completion date
- 31 Dec 2027
- Lead sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
- NCT number
- NCT06322030
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 99
- From 1 May 2024 to the primary completion date, 31 Dec 2027
- 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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Other illness
- Unstable cardiac arrhythmias, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, severe aortic stenosis, angina or dyspnea at rest or during ADL's
- Dementia
- History of DVT or pulmonary embolism within 6 months
- Uncontrolled diabetes with recent weight loss, diabetic coma, or frequent insulin reactions
- Severe hypertension with systolic \>200 mmHg and diastolic \>110 mmHg at rest
Other
- Unable to ambulate at least 150 feet or experienced intermittent claudication while walking
- Life expectancy \<1 yr
- Current enrollment in a rehabilitation trial to enhance motor or psychosocial recovery
Who the study is looking for
- A diagnosis of stroke at least 6 months prior
- BMI \> 30 kg/m2
- Residual paresis in the lower extremity (Fugl-Meyer LE motor score \<34)
- Ability to follow instructions, complete training and testing and to communicate exertion, pain and distress
- Provision of informed consent
- Individuals who meet inclusion criteria must complete an exercise tolerance test and be cleared for participation by the study cardiologist
Age in the registry: 40 years to 80 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Charleston | United States | Recruiting |
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