Impact of Physical Exercise on Quality of Life in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease - a Pilot Study.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Quality of Life in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Interventions: Behavioral: physical exercise

• Registration Number: NCT01834573
• Lead Sponsor: Technical University of Munich

Brief Summary

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) suffer from a diminished quality of life compared to healthy adults. This is due to the chronic course of disease accompanied with diarrhea, stomach pains but also with psychological stress.

It is known that physical education may improve course of disease and quality of life in a multitude of diseases. These include coronary heart disease, malignancies and also depression. The investigators believe that sport is as effective supportive tool in improving quality of life in IBD patients. But data is lacking with regard to controlled randomized clinical trials. Because of the small amount of data available the investigators considered a feasibility study. Our hypothesis is that IBD patients will cope with moderate exercise. The investigators further suspect that these patients improve their quality of life compared with patients in the control group.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-04
• Study First Submitted: 2013-04-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-04-17
• Study First Posted: 2013-04-18
• Primary Completion: 2013-09
• Study Completion: 2013-11
• Status Verified: 2013-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-12-22
• Last Update Posted: 2013-12-24

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 36

Inclusion Criteria

• >18 years
• proven colitis ulcerosa (CU)
• proven crohns disease (CD)
• diagnosis >= 1 year before start of the study
• low or moderate disease activity

Exclusion Criteria

• < 18 years
• high disease activity
• regular exercise > 2 hours per week
• diagnosis of CU oder CD < 1 year before start of the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	physical exercise	Patients of the intervention arm receive a 10 week exercise program

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quality of life	10 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
disease activity	10 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Klinikum rechts der Isar; 🇩🇪 München, Bayern, Germany