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SickleFit Exercise and Nutrition Study

The SickleFit Exercise and Nutrition Randomized Control Trial for Older Adults With Sickle Cell Disease

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 7 May 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

To goal of this study is to pilot the SickleFit exercise and nutrition intervention in adults with sickle cell disease in a randomized control trial

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40 (estimated)
First submitted
20 Feb 2026
Start date
8 Apr 2026
Primary completion date
Jan 2028
Lead sponsor
Duke University
NCT number
NCT07442851

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 40
  • From 8 Apr 2026 to the primary completion date, Jan 2028
  • 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

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Successfully treated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or gene therapy for sickle cell disease

Other illness

  • Unstable cardiac disease
  • Diagnosed with severe cognitive impairment based on ICD-10 codes or reported by their outpatient provider
  • Severe uncorrected visual or auditory impairment

Other

  • Oxygen dependence
  • Wheelchair-bound
  • Unable to self-consent
  • Pregnant

Who the study is looking for

  • Laboratory-confirmed diagnosis of sickle cell disease (any genotype)
  • Understand and speak English by self-report
  • Age ≥ 35 years old

Age in the registry: 35 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Duke University
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DurhamUnited StatesRecruiting

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