Home workouts tested as IBD symptom soother
NCT ID NCT06804733
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether a 12-week personalized aerobic exercise program, done at home with telemedicine guidance, can improve fitness, disease control, and quality of life in adults with inactive or mildly active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Twenty-eight participants will either start the program right away or wait 12 weeks before starting. Researchers will measure changes in heart and lung fitness, disease activity scores, and symptom diaries.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- individualized aerobic exercise training
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a safe, home-based exercise program to help manage IBD symptoms and improve heart and lung fitness.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 28 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. Exercise might not improve disease activity or could be hard to stick with.
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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 28 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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May 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
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 65 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: * Diagnosed with CD or UC for more than 3 months. * Disease activity in remission or mildly active (CD: CDAI \< 220; UC: pMS \< 5). * Baseline physical activity intensity is low, measured by the IPAQ Chinese version short form, and without a habit of "regular exercise". * Agree to participate in the study and accept a 12-week individualized aerobic exercise training program. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breastfeeding, or planning to become pregnant within the next 3 months. * Presence of physical movement disorders or other chronic diseases that limit physical activity. * Having an ileostomy. * History of anal or intestinal surgery within the past 3 months.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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the Affiliated Lihuili Hospital of Ningbo University
RECRUITINGNingbo, Zhejiang, 315040, China
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