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Exercise may sharpen young minds after heart surgery

NCT ID NCT02542683

Knowledge-focused Sponsor: Columbia University Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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

Summary

This study looks at whether a structured physical activity program can improve thinking and learning in children who had heart surgery. Researchers will compare these children to those having other surgeries and healthy kids. The goal is to see if exercise helps with memory, attention, and behavior over 6 to 12 months.

What this could mean

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Active substance
structured physical activity program
What this could lead to
If successful, this could show that a simple exercise program helps children recover thinking and learning abilities after heart surgery.
What could go wrong
This is an early-stage study with no guarantee that exercise will improve cognition. Results may not apply to all children with heart conditions.

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Study facts

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Participants

About 300 people

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

Start date

Apr 2016

Expected to finish

Dec 2028

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

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Who is studied

Physicians or nurse practitioner who are providers of care for CHD patients from the pediatric cardiology and/or cardiothoracic surgical services will make initial contact with parents of potential study subjects regarding enrollment in the study.

Ages

30 months to 6 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Congenital Heart Diseases (CHD) Cohort: All children with congenital cyanotic cardiac diseases scheduled for congenital cardiac surgery who are older than 30 months of age. * Non-CHD, Surgical Cohort: All children 30 months or older who are undergoing non-cardiac surgery at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC), including pediatric general surgery, urological surgery, ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgery, plastic surgery and eye surgery. These children will be recruited before surgery. * Non-surgical cohort: 1. Sibling of children of CHD patients within 12 months in age, and 30 months of age or older. 2. Relatives of CHD patients of the same gender within 12 months in age and 30 months of age or older. 3. Best buddies of CHD children within 12 months in age and 30 months of age or older. 4. Children who are matched by age ±6 months who are 30 months of age or older, gender, level parental education and language spoken at home Exclusion Criteria: 1. Children with known chromosomal syndromes, or known syndromes including but not limited to DiGeorge, Trisomy 21, WIlliams, Noonan and Turner. 2. Children with known physical disabilities. 3. Children with known history of central nervous system (CNS) injury including stroke, birth asphyxia, seizure disorder, intraventricular hemorrhage. 4. Children with abnormal neurological exam by a pediatric physician or nurse practitioner, and confirmed by a pediatric neurologist. 5. Children with tricuspid regurgitation on echocardiography or on cardiac angiography that is moderate or greater. 6. Children with moderate or greater decrease in ventricular function on echocardiography or on cardiac angiography. 7. Children with baseline room air oxygen saturation below 80%. 8. Children who are treated for dysrhythmias or are pacemaker-dependent. 9. Children with history of prematurity. (Non-surgical cohort) 10. Children with history of more than one episode of hospitalization. (Non-surgical cohort)

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Conditions

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congenital heart disease Motor Activity

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Children Congenital heart diseases

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

    RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10032, United States

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