NCT06756230Recruiting
Downhill Walking in IPF
Effects of Downhill Walking in Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 16 May 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
In this study; will examine the effects of downhill walking (eccentric exercise training) on exercise capacity, quality of life, and blood lactate levels in individuals with IPF. After the initial assessment, patients will be randomized into two groups: downhill walking PR group and Standard PR Group.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 34 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 25 Dec 2024
- Start date
- 13 May 2025
- Primary completion date
- 28 Feb 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
- Diseases
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- NCT number
- NCT06756230
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 34
- From 13 May 2025 to the primary completion date, 28 Feb 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
- Presence of physical or mental impairment that prevents informed consent or compliance with the protocol.
- Presence of major cardiovascular disease (coronary artery disease, uncontrolled hypertension, arrhythmias, or heart failure).
Other
- Inability to attend more than 20% of pulmonary rehabilitation sessions.
- Presence of existing orthopedic and neuromuscular exercise limitations.
- Acute exacerbation
Who the study is looking for
- Having a diagnosis of IPF according to the clinical diagnostic criteria of the American Thoracic Society and/or the European Respiratory Society (ATS-ERS).
- Being between the ages of 18 and 75.
- Being able to walk on a treadmill.
- Having the ability to cooperate.
- No change in current medication in the last month.
- Not participating in a structured activity program for at least six months.
- Accepting the purpose and method of this study voluntarily and give informed consent for the study.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Istanbul | Turkey (Türkiye) | Recruiting |
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