Exercise program shows promise for hemophilia patients
NCT ID NCT06580340
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a 6-month adapted physical activity program could improve functional capacity in people with hemophilia. Fourteen participants did exercises twice a week to improve joint mobility, strength, and balance. The main goal was to see if their walking distance changed over time.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- adapted physical activity program
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a safe exercise routine to help people with hemophilia move better and feel stronger.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small study with only 14 participants and no control group, so results may not apply to everyone. Exercise might also trigger bleeding in some individuals.
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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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14 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2024
- Finished
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Oct 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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18 to 80 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: * Diagnosis of hemophilia A or B; * Signature of informed consent; * Availability of a medical certificate for non-competitive activities Exclusion Criteria: * Active bleeding * Severe joint deformities that prevent exercise * Insufficiency of communicative and/or sensory functions so severe that it is impossible to understand or carry out the trainer's instructions (dementia, aphasia, blindness, deafness) * Heart failure (NYHA class \> 2) * Unstable angina * Lung disease requiring oxygen therapy * Symptomatic peripheral arterial disease * Myocardial infarction or hospitalization within the previous 6 months * Symptomatic orthostatic hypotension * Hypertension in poor pharmacological control (diastolic\> 95 mmHg, systolic\> 160 mmHg) * Significant neurological conditions that impair motor or cognitive function
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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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Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli
Bologna, Bo, 40130, Italy
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