Exercise rehabilitation trial in Huntington'?s disease

Completed

• Conditions: Topic: Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network; Subtopic: Huntington?s Disease; Disease: Huntington's disease; Nervous System Diseases; Huntington disease

• Registration Number: ISRCTN11392629
• Lead Sponsor: Cardiff University (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-01-24
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 26

Inclusion Criteria

1. Diagnosis of manifest HD, confirmed by genetic testing
2. Male and female above the age of 18
3. Stable medication regime for four weeks prior to initiation of trial, and anticipated to be able to maintain a stable regime for the course of trial
4. Enrolled in European Huntington Disease Network (EHDN) Registry/ENROLL-HD study

Exclusion Criteria

1. Any physical or psychiatric condition that would prohibit the participant from completing the intervention or the full battery of assessments
2. Inability to independently use the cycle ergometer
3. Unable to understand or communicate in spoken English (UK sites only)
4. Currently involved in any intervention trial or within four weeks of completing an intervention trial
5. Current, regular participation in a structured exercise programme five times per week or more

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified