Exercise may turn back the clock for HIV veterans
NCT ID NCT04103593
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a 12-week high-intensity exercise program could slow aging and reduce inflammation in 89 older veterans living with HIV. Participants exercised via video conferencing without needing special equipment. The goal was to improve fitness and quality of life, not to cure HIV.
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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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89 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2020
- Finished
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Sep 2024
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a US federal agency other than the NIH.
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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50 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: * Veteran living with HIV and under care at VAMC * 50 years of age and older * Stable antiretroviral therapy (same ARV medications within 3 months) * At least one HIV-1 PCR \< 20 c/ml (viral load) within prior 6 months Exclusion Criteria: * History of AIDS defining illnesses (within 6 months; CDC Criteria) * Myocardial infarction (within 3 months) * Exertional or unstable angina (current chest pain that limits activity) * Severe congestive heart failure (EF \< 20% in last year or NYHA Classification III or IV) * Uncontrolled hypertension (SBP \>180 \&/or DBP \> 110 mm Hg) * Therapy with beta blockers or non-dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker (within 1 month) * Screening EKG with ischemia, complex arrhythmia, or high-grade block (per Minnesota Code) * Poorly controlled DM within prior 1 month (FBS\>180 mg/dl, RBS \> 299 mg/dl, or HbA1C \> 10) * Receiving treatment for cancer except skin cancer (within 3 months) * Peripheral vascular disease with claudication * Severe arthritis limiting ambulation * Neurologic disease limiting ambulation (requiring assist device) * End stage liver disease (decompensated liver disease) * Chronic renal failure (requiring dialysis) * Severe pulmonary disease (home O2, admission for dyspnea or pneumonia within 1 month) * Use of systemic steroids (testosterone or glucocorticoids) or growth hormone (within 6 months) * Dementia (based on Evaluation to Consent) * Signs or symptoms of any medical comorbidity that would preclude exercise testing or training * Exercise on routine basis (structured aerobic exercise \> 3 times per week) within 1 month * Past medical history of COPD or emphysema AND mMRC score =4
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Atlanta VA Medical and Rehab Center, Decatur, GA
Decatur, Georgia, 30033, United States
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Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD
Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States
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Salem VA Medical Center, Salem, VA
Salem, Virginia, 24153-6404, United States
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