Status:
COMPLETED
PEAK Study (Physical Exercise and Activity in Kids)
Lead Sponsor:
The Hospital for Sick Children
Collaborating Sponsors:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Conditions:
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Eligibility:
All Genders
8-16 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The objectives of this study are to study the effect of formal exercise training on motor function and overall physical fitness in children with arthritis. A 12-week comprehensive exercise program wil...
Detailed Description
Childhood arthritis is a common and often debilitating disease. Children with arthritis are less active than their peers, and consequently they often have poor physical fitness. This study follows up ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age 8 - 16 years.
- Diagnosis of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis - based on the revised Durban criteria.
- Polyarticular or pauciarticular course.
- Stable Disease - on a stable dose of NSAID, and if applicable methotrexate or other second line agents - in the preceding month, and judged by the attending rheumatologist to be clinically stable and unlikely to need a change in medication over the course of the trial.
- Medications. There are no restrictions on medication use for this study; however, every effort is made to keep medication dosage stable over the course of study.
Exclusion
- Co-morbidity with cardiac, pulmonary or metabolic disease.
- Moderate or severe hip pain while walking (as judged by the patient and scored on a 4 point scale) or active systemic symptoms (fever, rash).
- Children who engage in more than 3 hours of structured extracurricular physical activity weekly may not show additional gains from fitness training and, therefore, are not studied. Children are not otherwise excluded from the study if currently attending a physiotherapy pool program with emphasis on joint range of motion and stretching.
- Children who are unable to cooperate with testing procedures.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2002
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
November 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
80 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00213187
Start Date
August 1 2002
End Date
November 1 2005
Last Update
December 18 2013
Active Locations (1)
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The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5G 1X8