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Last refreshed on: 29 June 2015
Main ID:  NCT02463916
Date of registration: 10/03/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University College Cork
Public title: A Trial to Determine the Effects of Exercise in Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis ExMET-IBD
Scientific title: The ExMET-IBD Study: A Randomized Control Trial to Determine the Effects of Exercise on Intestinal Microbiota and Immunological Markers in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Rheumatoid Arthritis
Date of first enrolment: March 2015
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02463916
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Ireland
Contacts
Name:     Owen Cronin, MB BAO BCH
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Telephone:
Email: owen.cronin@hotmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Susan Rafferty - McArdle, PhD
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Telephone:
Email: s.rafferty@ucc.ie
Affiliation: 
Name:     Fergus Shanahan, MD, DSc.
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Affiliation:  Professor and Chair Dept. of Medicine, University College Cork
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 18 - 40 year-old male and females

- BMI between 22 and 35

- Confirmed diagnosis of Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis or Rheumatoid Arthritis

- Currently inactive i.e. No involvement in regular organized physical activity and
with low weekly physical activity levels - as defined by the International Physical
Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)

- No regular organized physical activity in the last month

- Subject is willing to comply thoroughly with the basic, standard requirements of the
training program

- Subject is willing to refrain from taking any unspecified dietary, probiotics,
multivitamin or herbal supplements (14-day washout period pre-commencement of
exercise program)

- Participant is happy to confine their formal exercise to within the Mardyke Arena

- Deemed to be fit to participate in exercise program for 8 weeks by the study
investigators

Exclusion Criteria:

- History of coronary artery disease, congenital heart disease or any cardiovascular
disease, including a family history of coronary artery disease before 45 years of
age

- Uncontrolled hypertension (>140/90mmHg) (not white coat)

- Course of antibiotics or bowel preparation for endoscopy one month prior to the
commencement of the exercise program

- Psychiatric disorders

- Any medical condition deemed exclusionary by the Principle Investigator

- A history of substance abuse

- History of total colectomy

- Currently treated with high dose corticosteroids or disease flare within 2 weeks of
starting exercise program

- Pregnant

- History of faecal incontinence

- Have a malignant disease or any concomitant end stage organ disease

- Patients may not be receiving any experimental drug or have been involved in a
recent experimental trial in the last 30 days



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 40 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Intervention(s)
Other: Exercise
Primary Outcome(s)
Body composition alterations in patients with exercise. [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Changes in Harvey Bradshaw index in subjects with Crohn's disease [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Changes in DAS-28 CRP score in subjects with rheumatoid arthritis [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Changes in markers of intestinal inflammation (faecal calprotectin) that occur with exercise [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Changes in fecal bile acids [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Impact of medium-term moderate intensity exercise on resting inflammatory profiles (cytokines) in these patients. [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Changes in Predicted VO2 max via 1-mile walk test (Rockport test) [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Alterations in gut microbiota [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Changes in Powell tuck score in subjects with ulcerative colitis [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
APC056
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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