Can a custom exercise plan help kids with a thickened heart?
NCT ID NCT07595354
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether giving children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (a condition where the heart muscle is thicker than normal) a personalized exercise plan is safe and helpful. Ten children aged 10 to 18 will receive an exercise prescription from a physiotherapist and be followed for 6 months. The goal is to see if they can stick with the plan and if it improves their fitness 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
- individualized exercise prescription
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that personalized exercise plans are safe and helpful for children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, potentially improving their fitness and well-being.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small feasibility study with only 10 participants, so results may not apply to all children. It is not designed to prove long-term benefits or safety.
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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 10 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Aug 2027
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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10 to 18 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: * Undergoing screening for HCM due to a family history or gene-positive * Aged 10 to 18 years (inclusive) * Known to the inherited cardiac conditions clinic at Alder Hey Children's Hospital * Normal cardiac function * Able to complete an exercise log weekly with support from carers * Child or carer able to participate in telephone follow-up Exclusion Criteria: * Moderate to severe co-morbidities, including neuromuscular and respiratory illness and conditions affecting mobility * Learning difficulties precluding exercise participation * Phenotype of HCM * History of exercise-induced arrhythmia and/or syncope * History of unexplained syncope * Patients with an implantable cardiac defibrillator (ICD) * Family History of sudden cardiac death in first-degree relative * Child or carer unable to comply with telephone follow-up
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Alder Hey Children's Hospital
RECRUITINGLiverpool, United Kingdom
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