Pedaling while dialyzing: a simple exercise to save limbs?
NCT ID NCT01866891
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether cycling for 30 minutes during each dialysis session, three times a week for three months, could improve blood flow in the legs of people on chronic hemodialysis. The goal was to see if this simple exercise could help prevent serious complications like wounds and amputations. Twenty-seven stable adult patients participated, and the main measure was skin blood flow in the lower legs.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- cycling during dialysis
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, drug-free way to improve leg blood flow and reduce the risk of wounds and amputations in dialysis patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early study with only 27 participants and no control group. The results may not apply to all dialysis patients, and the benefit might be small or temporary.
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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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27 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Apr 2012
- Finished
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Oct 2015
- 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: * Patients performing chronic hemodialysis for more than 3 months * Adult aged \> or = 18 years old * Information letter delivered to subjects * Written free informed consent * Clinically stable patients * Voluntary patients to perform 30 minutes cycling per dialysis session * Social French Security Affiliated subjects Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects without inclusion criteria * Pregnant women * Subjects protected by the law * Physical impossibility to achieve exercise * Medical contraindication to perform physical exercise
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Edouard Herriot
Lyon, 69003, France
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