Lupus Patients' exercise response under the microscope
NCT ID NCT05478018
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how a 12-week program of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) affects fitness and fatigue in 55 people with lupus. Researchers wanted to understand if certain immune system signals (interferons) change how the body adapts to exercise. Participants were randomly assigned to supervised exercise or usual care, and their aerobic capacity and fatigue levels were measured.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) - supervised aerobic exercise
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help design better exercise programs tailored for people with lupus to improve fitness and reduce fatigue.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study (55 participants) that looks at biological responses, not a treatment. Results may not apply to all lupus patients.
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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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55 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2022
- Finished
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Jan 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 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: * Age ≥ 18 years by inclusion. * Able to provide informed consent. * Diagnosed SLE and fulfilling the classification criteria for SLE based on the American College of Rheumatology/EULAR criteria (SLICC) Exclusion Criteria: * Health conditions that prevent participating in the exercise intervention determined by the Research Coordinator these include but are not limited to * Major bone fracture at inclusion * Significant myalgias exacerbated by physical exercise * Active infectious disease such as Covid-19 * Severe symptomatic pleuritis or pericarditis * Corticosteroid use \> 10mg/day at baseline * Diagnosed with diabetes mellitus by physician * Pregnancy * SLEDAI-2k (with the SELENA modifications to Proteinuria changes so as to not exclude patients with chronic proteinuria) \> 10 * Contraindications to 82Rb-PET with adenosine stress (according to local guidelines at the Dept. of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET, Rigshospitalet, which are in accordance with the recommendations of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine) * Fever, myocarditis or endocarditis * Previous heart transplantation * Dysregulated atrial or ventricular tachyarrhythmias * Severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with a FEV1 of less than 50% of predicted * Second or third degree sinoatrial or atrioventricular block * Active bronchospasm at the time of the scan * Systolic blood pressure \<90 or \>200 mmHg at the time of the scan * Treatment with theophyllin within 7 days of the scan
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Center for Physical Activity Research
Copenhagen, 2200, Denmark
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