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CompletedNCT03405558Updated Mar 13, 2023

Performance Developement of Patients With Paraplegia During First Rehabilitation

An observational study in Physical Activity, sponsored by Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil. Completed at 1 site in Switzerland. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-03-13.

Sponsored by Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
14
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 143 studies in Motor Activity with a site in Switzerland — 24 open to participants now, 25 under way, none of them phase 3. Motor Activity · Switzerland.

Enrollment
31st of 33
14 · median 120
Started
2018
with 19 others
Observational
33 of 143
6 open now
Registered
55th of 143
by date

Among the 143 studies in Motor Activity with a site in Switzerland, this one is the 31st largest by enrollment of the 33 observational ones that give a count, is one of 20 that started in 2018, is one of 33 observational ones, and was the 55th registered.

Motor Activity

9,798 studies on the registry are indexed under Motor Activity; 1,910 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

24 of the 143 studies in Motor Activity with a site in Switzerland are open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Who these studies take

Of the 1,201 Motor Activity studies recruiting now, 517 (43%) set no upper age limit and 535 (45%) stop at 75 or younger; 180 take children under 18; 420 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years to 65 Years · all sexes · healthy volunteers too.

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Study summary

A high physical fitness is crucial for a good quality of life in persons suffering from a spinal cord injury. The aim of the present observational study is to investigate the influence of an individually tailored 8-week endurance training program on endurance performance of patients with a paraplegia during their first rehabilitation.

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Conditions studied

  • Physical Activity

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Subjects with a paraplegia during the first rehabilitation

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Inclusion criteria

  • Written
  • male or female, paraplegia (AIS A-C, lesion Level Th1-Th12)
  • Age 18-65 years
  • Manual wheelchair user
  • Patient during first rehabilitation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • ≥ 30
  • unable to use an arm-crank Ergometer due to e.g. spasticity
  • physical impairment, which makes it impossible to perform an arm-crank ergometry
  • Progressive disease (g.g. tumor, MS)
  • Ventilator dependent
  • existing cardiopulmonary disease
  • Unstable medical situation
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(2)

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BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
14 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Interventions

  • OtherNo intervention

    As this is an observational study, we will only supervise testing and training sessions which were performed anyway during first rehabilitation as daily therapeutic routine

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Peak power

    Maximal performance reached during incremental exercise on an arm-crank ergometer

    Time frame: 10min

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Study locations

1 site
  • Swiss Paraplegic Centre
    Nottwil, Lucerne 6207, Switzerland
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Jan 2018 to primary completion in Jan 2023, 60 months.

Of 490 non-industry observational studies under Motor Activity, half reached primary completion within 22 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 8 and three quarters within 48. This study's 60 months is above that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 500 studies reached it within 22 months; a quarter within 8 and three quarters within 48.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jan 8, 2018
First posted
Jan 23, 2018
StartActual
Jan 1, 2018
Primary completionActual
Jan 31, 2023
CompletionActual
Jan 31, 2023
Last update
Mar 13, 2023
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 13, 2023, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03405558
Lead sponsor
Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 23, 2018
Start date
Jan 1, 2018
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2023
Completion
Jan 31, 2023
Last update
Mar 13, 2023

Study contacts

Claudio Perret
principal investigator · Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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