Can exercise tests reveal hidden health clues in childhood disease survivors?
NCT ID NCT05025774
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is recruiting 90 people aged 8-25 who are survivors of childhood leukemia, chronic lung disease of prematurity, or heart transplant, plus healthy controls. Researchers will use non-invasive exercise tests to measure heart and lung function during physical activity. The goal is to better understand why these individuals often have trouble exercising, which could guide future fitness recommendations.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help doctors better understand why some people with chronic childhood diseases struggle with exercise, potentially leading to better fitness programs.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It will not directly improve health, and results may not apply to everyone with these conditions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
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.
Who is studied
The case participants are the ALL survivors, CLD due to prematurity patients, and post-HT recipients. The control participants can be medical students, UMN staff's children, UMN/Fairview staff, medical residents and undergraduate or graduate students. The remaining controls will be from other UMMCH clinics with conditions unlikely to impact exercise capacity such as dermatology, orthopedics or sports medicine and the University Children's Clinic. Approval will be granted from the treating physician before approaching the control participants
- Ages
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8 to 25 years
- Sex
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Anyone
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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: * Cases: * Acute lymphoblastic leukemia survivor, OR living with chronic lung disease of prematurity, OR living with heart transplant * 8-25 years old * Height: ≥ 48 inches * Ambulatory without assistance * English speaking * Normotensive (\<95th percentile for age; okay if managed with antihypertensive medication) * SpO2 \>92% * Not pregnant * ALL survivor specific: must have completed therapy ≥ 3 months prior to study entry * Controls * 8-25 years old * Height: ≥ 48 inches * Ambulatory without assistance * English speaking * No history of arrhythmia or known cardiac dysfunction at baseline * Normotensive (\<95th percentile for age; okay if managed with antihypertensive medication) * SpO2 \>95% * Not pregnant Exclusion Criteria: * Cases: * ALL specific: received cranial radiation, bone marrow transplant recipients * Investigator or patient's primary physician deems the patient unsuitable for the study * Controls: * History of malignancy, CLD or HT or any other diagnosis which may reduce cardiorespiratory function * Investigator deems the patient unsuitable for the study
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Masonic Cancer Center
RECRUITINGMinneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States
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