New MRI study peers inside Kids' hearts during exercise
NCT ID NCT06325280
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study uses special MRI scans to look at how the heart and muscles work together during exercise in children with heart disease or those who have had a heart transplant. Researchers want to learn more about what affects fitness in these kids. About 20 children aged 10 to 18 will take part. The goal is to better understand heart health, not to test a new treatment.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 20 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Participants in this study will be 10-18 year olds, with acquired or congenital heart disease, that are followed by the Stollery Children's Hospital.
- 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: * 10 - 18 year olds followed at the Stollery Children's Hospital * Heart transplant recipients ≥6 months post-transplant * Have a moderate-complex congenital heart disease diagnosis Exclusion Criteria: * Non-English speaking * Exercise restricted by the patient's clinical cardiologist * Clinical antibody- or cellular-mediated rejection within 3-months of the assessment or during the study period (for HTRs) * Previous involvement in a CR or exercise intervention program * Previous exercise stress test demonstrating sustained arrhythmias, ST segment elevation or depression greater than 3mm, an inappropriate rise in blood pressure (BP) (\<20 mmHg) or a systolic BP \>200 mmHg, or symptoms of chest pain or syncope * Resting arterial saturation \<85% or oxygen requirements * Moderate ventricular systolic dysfunction (or worse) at the most recent echocardiogram * History of chest pain on exertion; unrepaired/unpalliated CHD * Arrhythmias in the last year (including supraventricular tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia, atrioventricular block or history of (Mobitz II or worse)) * New York Heart Association class II or worse symptoms * Active medical inter-current illness limiting ability to participate * Cognitive impairment limiting the communication needed for the exercise MRI * Research MRI contraindications (e.g. any type of pacemaker), or any orthopedic limitation preventing exercise testing * Extracardiac or congenital abnormality limiting the participant's functional ability to exercise * Pregnant
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Alberta
RECRUITINGEdmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B7, Canada
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