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Can a Video-Game bike get young heart transplant patients fit?

NCT ID NCT05451979

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether a special exercise bike that connects to video games can help children aged 10-18 who have had a heart transplant get more fit. Ten kids will use the MedBIKE at home for 12 weeks, doing short bursts of intense exercise. The main goal is to see if the program is practical and safe, not yet to prove it improves health.

What this could mean

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Active substance
MedBIKE high-intensity interval training (video-game linked exercise bike)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a fun, home-based way to improve exercise capacity and long-term health in children after heart transplant.
What could go wrong
This is a very small feasibility study (10 kids) with no control group. It only measures if the program is practical, not whether it truly improves health outcomes.

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Study facts

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Phase

Not a phased trial

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Participants

About 10 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Feb 2022

Expected to finish

Dec 2027

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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.

Ages

10 to 18 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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Inclusion Criteria: * Pediatric heart transplant recipients, at least 6-months post heart transplantation * Aged 10-18 years Exclusion Criteria: * Non-English speaking (thus limiting communication during the MedBIKE™ sessions) * Home environment cannot accommodate the MedBIKE™ system (for example, space limitations) * History of multiorgan transplant * Adult unavailable to supervise the home-based exercise sessions * Episode of clinical antibody- or cellular-mediated rejection within 3-months of the baseline assessment * Previous involvement in a cardiac rehabilitation or exercise intervention program * Primary cardiologist has exercise restricted the participant or counsels against participation * 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 (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 HIIT program * Extracardiac or congenital abnormality limiting the participant's functional ability to exercise

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia heart failure Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • University of Alberta

    RECRUITING

    Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B7, Canada

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