Gerofit Exercise Intervention for Older Adults With Sickle Cell Disease (SICKLE-FIT Study)

Description

The purpose of this study to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and safety of a personalized exercise training program adapted from Gerofit to improve physical health and quality of life for adults with SCD

Conditions

Sickle Cell Disease

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Study overview

The purpose of this study to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and safety of a personalized exercise training program adapted from Gerofit to improve physical health and quality of life for adults with SCD

Gerofit Exercise Intervention for Older Adults With Sickle Cell Disease (SICKLE-FIT Study)

Gerofit Exercise Intervention for Older Adults With Sickle Cell Disease (SICKLE-FIT Study)

Condition
Sickle Cell Disease
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Durham

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Have a diagnosis of sickle cell disease (any genotype) confirmed by hemoglobin electrophoresis, high performance liquid chromatography, or genotyping
  • * Understand and speak fluent English.
  • * Diagnosed with moderate or severe cognitive impairment based on ICD-10 codes or report from their outpatient provider
  • * Unable to self-consent
  • * Wheelchair-bound
  • * Successfully treated with hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for SCD
  • * Have moderate to severe uncorrected visual or auditory impairment
  • * Oxygen-dependent
  • * Pregnant
  • * Have severe avascular necrosis requiring an assist device
  • * Unstable cardiac disease.

Ages Eligible for Study

40 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Duke University,

Charity I Oyedeji, MD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Duke University

Study Record Dates

2028-12-30