Fitness and Heart and Metabolic Health in Children With Obesity, With or Without Autism
Compares fitness and heart and metabolic health in children with obesity, with or without autism.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of Virginia
- Where
- Charlottesville, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Handgrip Strength, and Cardiometabolic Health in Obese Children With or Without Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Retrospective Cohort Study
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 200 people, planned
- Started
- 5 Aug 2026
- Expected to end
- 31 Jan 2027
- Type of study
- Observational, 2 groups
- Record updated
- 13 November 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 6 years to 18 years
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Pediatric patients 6-18 years of age who received care at the Pediatric Endocrinology Diabetes Prevention and Fitness Clinic between January 1 and December 31, 2026
- BMI ≥95th percentile for age and sex, consistent with the definition of pediatric obesity
- Documented results from cardiorespiratory fitness testing and/or handgrip strength testing
- Documented HbA1c value, when available
- Sufficient medical record information to determine ASD status and the primary study outcomes
Who cannot take part
- Age <6 or >18 years at the time of clinical assessment
- BMI <95th percentile for age and sex
- Absence of documented cardiorespiratory fitness or handgrip strength testing
- Insufficient medical record information to determine ASD status or primary study outcomes
- Duplicate or unusable medical records
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 6 and 18 years old?
Where in United States
- UVA HealthCharlottesville, United StatesContact: Aaron Meadows, MMedTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this observational study is to evaluate cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness in children with obesity, with and without autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and examine how fitness relates to body measurements, body composition, and cardiometabolic health. The main questions it aims to answer are:
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* Do children with and without ASD differ in cardiorespiratory fitness and handgrip strength? * Are fitness levels related to body composition and measures of cardiometabolic health?
Researchers will compare children with ASD to children without ASD to see if there are differences in fitness, body composition, and cardiometabolic health.
Participants will have information from their medical records reviewed, including:
* Cardiorespiratory fitness and handgrip strength test results * Height, weight, BMI, and body composition measurements * Blood test results, including HbA1c and cholesterol levels * Age, sex, and other demographic information
The 2 groups in the trial
- Pediatrics with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Obese and Prediabetic
- Pediatrics without Autism Spectrum Disorder
Obese and Pediatric
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?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Handgrip Strength, and Cardiometabolic Health in Obese Children With or Without Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Retrospective Cohort Study
- Plain-language title
- Fitness and Heart and Metabolic Health in Children With Obesity, With or Without AutismGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT07804680, who can take part
- Record updated
- 13 November 2026