Status:

UNKNOWN

Exercise-related Post-exertional Malaise

Lead Sponsor:

Stony Brook University

Conditions:

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-65 years

Brief Summary

This pilot study is intended to identify sex differences in myalgic encephalomyelitis/ chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) during recovery from brief but high effort exercise tests. It is expected that ...

Detailed Description

This supplement to the parent study, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS): Activity patterns and autonomic function, is intended to enhance the larger home-based study with a f...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • patients aged 18-65 of both sexes who are considered physically capable of doing and blood pressure monitors (10 min/day) and an actigraph (16 days; waking hours only).
  • subjects must meet validated phone-screen eligibility for CFS which will also require the symptom of post-exertional malaise. Also 3 out of 7 secondary symptoms of ME/CFS are required i.e., headaches, tender lymph nodes, sore throat, myalgias, arthralgias, sleep disturbance, and/or problems with memory or concentration.

Exclusion

  • Cases of fatigue clearly attributable to self-report medical conditions such as untreated hypothyroidism, unstable diabetes mellitus, organ failure, chronic infections, and chronic inflammatory diseases, or AIDS.
  • psychiatric disorders include any psychosis, or alcohol/ substance abuse within two years prior to illness onset and any time afterward, and current or past depression with melancholic or psychotic features within 5 years prior to onset of ME/CFS or anytime afterward.
  • patients on heart medication or patients not dose-stabilized for at least 3 months on antidepressant drugs
  • patients at significant risk of suicide or in need of urgent psychiatric treatment.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2017

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

October 1 2018

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03331419

Start Date

November 1 2017

End Date

October 1 2018

Last Update

November 6 2017

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Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, New York, United States, 11794-8101