Can a workout change your asthma genes?
NCT ID NCT06776315
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how different breathing exercises affect genes and symptoms in 84 adults with severe asthma. Participants did either standard respiratory rehab or the same program plus extra muscle-strengthening breathing exercises. Researchers measured changes in a specific gene (MALAT1), lung function, exercise ability, and quality of life to see if the extra training made a difference.
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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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84 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2023
- Finished
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Jul 2025
- 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 to 75 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Being between the ages of 18 and 75, * Being diagnosed with severe persistent asthma by a chest physician in accordance with the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) guideline criteria, * Patients with type 2 inflammation markers. According to the accepted standard; Peripheral eosinophils ≥150/µL and/or induced sputum eosinophils ≥2% - Airway hyperresponsiveness (PC20 methacholine \< 8 mg/mL) and/or bronchodilator response (\>12% or 200 mL improvement in % predicted FEV1 following 400 mg salbutamol inhalation) Exclusion Criteria: * Having had a recent (within the last month) respiratory tract infection, * Having a smoking history of over 10 packs/years or having a smoking history within 6 months of quitting smoking, * Having received oral corticosteroid treatment within the last 4 weeks, * Having a Body Mass Index \>30, * Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA) and Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA), * Vasculitis, * History of malignancy, * Pregnancy, * Presence of a musculoskeletal, neurological or cardiac disease that would prevent exercise.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Health Sciences
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
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