Pedaling through dialysis: could High-Intensity cycling shield hearts?
NCT ID NCT07119593
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study looks at whether high-intensity cycling during hemodialysis can protect the heart from damage that dialysis sometimes causes. Fifteen adults on dialysis will exercise at different intensities during their sessions. Researchers will use echocardiograms to measure heart function before and after treatment.
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 intradialytic cycling
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, non-drug way to protect the hearts of people on dialysis.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early study with only 15 participants. It is designed to see if the idea is worth studying further, not to prove it works. Results may not apply to all dialysis 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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About 15 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 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.
- Ages
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18 to 79 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: * Must be on chronic hemodialysis for at least 3 months * Age ≥ 18 years of age * Willing and able to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Regular vigorous exercise outside hemodialysis * \> 79 years of age * Intradialytic exercise in the past 3 months * Poor echogenicity * Acute coronary syndrome in the past 3 months * Unstable arrhythmia/angina * Shortness of breath at rest or with minimal activity * Symptomatic hypoglycemia (\>2x/week in the week prior to enrolment) * Symptomatic peripheral arterial disease * Unable or deemed unsafe to exercise for any reason * Severe musculoskeletal or orthopedic conditions * Aortic stenosis * Hypertrophic cardiopathy * Severe pulmonary hypertension * Symptomatic hypertension
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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London Health Sciences Centre
London, Ontario, N6A 5W9, Canada
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