Personalized muscle training may ease leg pain from blocked arteries
NCT ID NCT04800276
First seen Jul 01, 2026 · Last updated Jul 02, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a personalized exercise program—focusing on the specific leg muscles affected by blocked arteries—can help people with peripheral arterial disease walk longer distances without pain. Participants are randomly assigned to either a tailored muscle-strengthening program or a general strengthening program. The goal is to see if targeting the exact areas of poor blood flow leads to greater improvements in walking ability and quality of life.
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 (muscle strengthening)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this approach could offer a more effective exercise program to help people with peripheral arterial disease walk farther and feel better.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study with 70 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. Exercise programs require ongoing commitment, and benefits may vary.
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Study facts
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- 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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About 70 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2021
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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 years and older
- 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: * Patient with Lower Limb Peripheral Arterial Disease with IPSC \< 0.90, arterial stenosis in the lower limbs and intermittent claudication * No contraindication to physical activity * Socially insured patients over 18 ; * Patient who has signed the consent form. Exclusion Criteria: * Severe or unstable cardiopulmonary pathologies, contraindicating exercise training * Unstable angina or myocardial infarction \<3 months * Severe rheumatological pathology of the lower limbs * Amputee of a lower or upper limb fitted with a device * Extensive dermatosis of the lower limbs * Known NYHA grade III or IV heart failure * Known severe respiratory pathology * Parkinson's disease, hemiplegia or paraplegia * Adults subject to enhanced protection, deprived of their liberty by judicial or administrative decision * Persons unable to consent * Be in a period of exclusion from other interventional research. * Any event (injury, surgery, etc.) occurring during the protocol period that could have an impact on results.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier Du Mans
RECRUITINGLe Mans, 72000, France
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