Exercise from home may boost fitness and mood in lung condition patients
NCT ID NCT07366879
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a 12-week home-based exercise program, started soon after diagnosis, improves walking distance and quality of life in people with pulmonary hypertension. Forty participants will either exercise early or wait six months. The goal is to see if exercise plus medication works better than medication alone.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- exercise programme
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that starting exercise soon after diagnosis improves walking ability and quality of life for people with pulmonary hypertension.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 40 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. Exercise may not provide significant benefits over medication alone.
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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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About 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jan 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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: * Aged 18-years-old and above * Diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension (group I and non-operable group IV) by right heart catheterisation showing: * a baseline mean pulmonary artery pressure \>20mmHg * pulmonary vascular resistance \>2 Wood Units * pulmonary capillary wedge pressure \<15mmHg * Able to provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis with pulmonary hypertension of any other cause * Group II (PH due to left heart disease) * Group III (PH due to hypoxic lung disease) * Operable group IV (PH due to chronic thromboembolic disease amenable to surgical treatment) * Group V (unclear and/or multifactorial elements). * Planned treatment with a research trial medication during the study timeframe * Consenting clinician and/or patient concern regarding the patient's safety in performing a home-based exercise programme * Patients with syncopal episodes felt to be related to pulmonary hypertension at time of exercise intervention initiation. * Severe concurrent medical condition that would prevent participation in study procedures * Life expectancy \<3 months
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Golden Jubilee National Hospital
RECRUITINGGlasgow, G814DY, United Kingdom
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