iTONE Trial (exercIse Training in pulmONary hypertEnsion) Exercise Program for Pediatric PH
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Pulmonary Hypertension
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 8 – 18
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 25 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · Other
Think this trial could be right for you?
Answer a few quick questions to see if you may meet the eligibility requirements.
Check Your Eligibility
About This Trial
Children with pulmonary hypertension (PH) engage in less physical activity than their peers. This is a concern since adult data support exercise as a non-pharmacologic treatment for PH. Despite adult data, therapeutic exercise has not been widely adopted in pediatric PH. Investigators have previously demonstrated that children with PH have less skeletal muscle mass in association with worse exerci…
Trial Locations
Loading…
Loading trial locations…
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* Age 8-18 years
* PH World Health Organization (WHO) diagnostic groups 1, 2, 3, or 4 (pulmonary arterial hypertension, PH due to left heart disease, PH due to lung disease, chronic thromboembolic PH)
* WHO functional class I or II
* Ambulatory status
* Mean pulmonary to systemi…
Contacts