Gentle water exercise may boost heart health in kids with lupus
NCT ID NCT07024082
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested a special water-based exercise called Liuzijue in 130 children aged 7 to 15 with lupus. The goal was to see if it could improve their heart and lung fitness. The exercise was done twice a week for about an hour, including warm-ups and the main routine. Researchers measured changes in oxygen use and exercise capacity.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Water-based Liuzijue exercise
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a safe, gentle exercise option to improve heart and lung health in children with lupus.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed trial without a placebo control. The exercise may not provide significant benefits over standard care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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130 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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7 to 15 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age between 7 and 15 years * Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI)-2K score ≤ 16 Exclusion Criteria: * Neuropsychiatry involvement, hematologic abnormalitie * cardiovascular rhythm and conduction disorders, musculoskeletal distur- bances that precluded participation in physical exercise * pleuritis, pericarditis, endocarditis, acute kidney failure
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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faculty of physical therapy ,Cairo University
Cairo, Egypt
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