Could staying active for decades keep your immune cells young?
NCT ID NCT06692543
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study compares two groups of healthy adults over 55: those who have exercised regularly for 30 years and those who have not. Researchers will test blood and physical function to see how lifelong activity affects T cell metabolism and overall vitality. The goal is to understand the link between exercise and healthy aging.
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 could help explain how staying active slows aging at a cellular level, pointing toward ways to maintain health in older age.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small observational study, not a treatment trial. Results may not apply to everyone, and it cannot prove that exercise alone causes the effects seen.
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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 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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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55 years and older
- 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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* General Inclusion Criteria: * Men and women \> 55 years old * Participants who are non-smokers or have been weaned for more than 3 years * Menopausal women (confirmed for at least 6 months) * Participants affiliated to the social security system * Signature of informed consent * Inclusion Criteria for the active population: * Any person with structured aerobic physical activity (mainly involving cardiorespiratory function) on at least 3 days/week over the last 30 years without an interruption of more than 1 week in the 3 months preceding the study and without an interruption of more than 12 consecutive months over the last 30 years, as assessed by an interview conducted by an investigator specialising in physical activity; * have a level of physical activity that meets the recommendations for physical activity in terms of the duration and intensity of weekly cardiorespiratory effort (WHO, 2020; ANSES, 2016) according to the criteria assessed by the GPAQ: at least 150 to 300 minutes per week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity (e.g., 5 days of moderate intensity activity of at least 30 minutes/day) or at least 75 to 150 minutes of sustained intensity endurance activity (e.g., 3 days of sustained activity of 25 minutes/day); or an equivalent combination of moderate and sustained intensity activities throughout the week. * Inclusion criteria for the inactive population : * Any person who does not meet the criteria for inclusion in the 'active' population defined above; * Any person who has or has had a low physical intensity professional activity over the last 30 years: sedentary professional activity (work time generally spent in a seated position, such as office work) and/or a standing professional activity (work time spent standing or walking, without intense physical effort (e.g. shop assistant, hairdresser, caretaker, etc.). * Anyone who does not practise or has not practised sport, fitness or other physical leisure activities alone or under supervision over the last 30 years, or who practises or has practised, over the last 30 years, a sport, fitness or other physical leisure activity less than or equal to 2 days a week and for a weekly period not exceeding 75 minutes. * Anyone whose active mode of transport (cycling, walking) does not exceed an overall duration of 75 minutes per week, and whose consecutive time slots per journey are less than 10 minutes. * Non-inclusion Criteria: * Person suffering from a chronic illness * Anyone who has used performance-enhancing drugs * Anyone with a disability * Person on medication * Recent hospitalisation (within the last 6 months) * People with osteoarthritis. * Anyone who has had a cardiovascular event in the last 30 years (angina, heart attack) * People with a current clinical acute inflammatory condition. * People who have practised sport with known vascular complications. * Persons under guardianship or trusteeship * Exclusion Criteria: withdraw of consent
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU de Nice
RECRUITINGNice, 06000, France
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