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A Multimodal Wearable Device-based Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of an Exercise Prescription Intervention in IBD

An interventional study of Exercise interventions in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, sponsored by Ping An. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 60 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-06-18.

Sponsored by Ping An · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jun 2025, 1 year 3 months ago, but the record still lists the study as not yet recruiting.
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
56
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This project is a multimodal wearable device-based evaluation of the efficacy of an exercise prescription intervention for inflammatory bowel disease in a This is a single-center, randomized controlled clinical study to evaluate the efficacy of an exercise prescription intervention in inflammatory bowel disease based on multimodal wearable devices. The experimental group was treated with exercise intervention therapy on top of the existing medication.

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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease that mainly involves the digestive system, including Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC).CD is characterized by abdominal pain, diarrhea, abdominal mass, fistula formation and intestinal obstruction. CD is characterized by abdominal pain, diarrhea, abdominal mass, fistula formation, and intestinal obstruction; UC is characterized by diarrhea, mucopurulent blood stools, and abdominal pain, and the peak age of onset is between 15 and 40 years old. Notably, many studies have shown that patients with inflammatory bowel disease commonly suffer from malnutrition, low body mass index (BMI), muscle atrophy, decreased bone density, and fatigue and anxiety, and that surgery is not a one-time event, with patients often requiring several surgeries.

Current treatment strategies focus on medication, nutritional support and nursing care, neglecting other possible adjunctive treatments.

Exercise interventions, as an effective adjunctive therapy for inflammatory bowel disease, have been shown to have anti-inflammatory, anti-muscle atrophic, and physical enhancement effects, improve psychological status, and also have beneficial effects on intestinal flora and intestinal absorption. Exercise is also economical, efficient and highly feasible, making it more acceptable to IBD patients. With the integration of physical medicine and the implementation of Healthy China, the role of exercise intervention in the majority of patients will be more important and its application will be more extensive.

Multimodal wearable device is a simple and efficient miniaturized smart device commonly used in the field of exercise, which can monitor the wearer's heart rate, blood oxygen, step count, exercise data in real time, etc. This group proposes to combine the multimodal wearable device as an auxiliary device with the exercise intervention for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which is the first of its kind in China.

Most of the current studies are conducted on the conditions of small samples, single period, and single exercise modality, lack of studies on large samples and multi index evaluation, and the field has not yet formed a unified consensus on personalized exercise intervention for different levels of patients. There is still considerable work to be done on the study of exercise interventions for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.

Therefore, this group proposes to conduct a randomized controlled trial to investigate the effects of exercise intervention on body composition and disease progression in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

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Conditions studied

  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Keywords

  • Exercise interventions
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
  • Wearable Device
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In context

Intestinal Diseases

963 studies on the registry are indexed under Intestinal Diseases; 174 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 56 is below the median of 70 across 552 interventional studies indexed under Intestinal Diseases.

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Lead sponsor

Ping An is the lead sponsor of 2 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 60 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Commitment to comply with the study procedures and cooperate in the implementation of the full study
  • Age ≥ 18 years old, gender is not limited
  • Muscle strength examination of all four limbs is greater than or equal to grade 3
  • Patients with a diagnosis of CD or UC in combination with clinical presentation, laboratory examination, endoscopy, imaging and histopathologic examination, with a disease course in mild to moderate activity or remission
  • Presence of low or high BMI, malnutrition, muscular dystrophy, and anxiety
  • Voluntarily sign a written informed consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Absolute contraindications to exercise: acute stages of various diseases (e.g. cerebral hemorrhage, acute stage of myocardial infarction), severe complications, severe cardiopulmonary dysfunction, severe gastrointestinal problems (e.g. gastric perforation, intestinal obstruction), severe locomotor system disorders (e.g. severe bone fracture), as well as other diseases that are not under effective control
  • Relative contraindications to exercise: severe hypertension, severe diabetes, chronic pain, cardiac arrhythmia, etc
  • Persons with unstable vital signs
  • Presence of cognitive, communication disorders
  • Patients who have recently undergone gastrointestinal surgery (\<1 month) or who have not fully healed
  • Short bowel syndrome
  • Presence of extra-intestinal manifestations and complications that interfere with therapy, such as retinopathy, deep vein thrombosis, etc
  • Pregnant or lactating women
  • Active tuberculosis; if subjects are suspected of having active tuberculosis, chest X-ray, sputum and exclusion by clinical signs and symptoms are required
  • Other potential subjects who are not suitable for participation in this study
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
56 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Exercise interventions

    Adding exercise intervention therapy to existing medications

    Behavioral: Exercise interventions

  • No intervention
    Conventional drug therapy

    No exercise intervention, use of existing medication.

Interventions

  • BehavioralExercise interventions

    Rehabilitation physician or rehabilitation therapist, to engage in physical exercise or patients, according to the medical examination data (including exercise test and physical strength test), according to their health, physical strength, and cardiovascular function status, with the form of a prescription for the type of exercise, intensity of exercise, exercise time and frequency of exercise, to put forward the precautions to be taken during exercise.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. skeletal muscle mass index

    Changes in skeletal muscle mass index (SMI) were detected using a body composition analyzer, and were considered statistically significant if they were higher in the intervention group than in the control group (P \< 0.05);Skeletal muscle mass index is calculated as the ratio of limb skeletal muscle mass (kg) to height (m) in kg/m\^2.

    Time frame: Weeks 0, 4, 8, 12 and 16 of treatment

Secondary outcomes

  1. Quality of life rating

    Changes before and after the intervention were assessed by means of a quality of life questionnaire (Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire, IBDQ) with a total score of 224, the higher the better.

    Time frame: Weeks 0, 4, 8, 12 and 16 of treatment

  2. Psychological assessment

    Changes before and after the intervention were assessed by means of the Anxiety and Depression Scale (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, HADS), with a total HADS score of 42, with higher scores indicating worse indicators.

    Time frame: Weeks 0, 4, 8, 12 and 16 of treatment

  3. Fatigue status assessment

    Changes before and after the intervention were assessed by means of a fatigue scale (Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy, FACIT), with a total FACIT score of 52, with a higher score indicating a better indicator.

    Time frame: Weeks 0, 4, 8, 12 and 16 of treatment

  4. body fat percentage

    Detecting changes in subjects' body fat percentage using a body composition analyzer

    Time frame: Weeks 0, 4, 8, 12 and 16 of treatment

  5. muscle power

    Changes in muscle strength (kg) in the limbs of the subjects were detected using a plyometer.

    Time frame: Weeks 0, 4, 8, 12 and 16 of treatment

  6. spirometry

    Changes in spirometry (mL) before and after the intervention were tested using an electronic spirometry tester.

    Time frame: Weeks 0, 4, 8, 12 and 16 of treatment

  7. Fecal calprotectin level

    Test for changes in fecal calprotectin (FCP) levels in subjects before and after the intervention.The normal range for FCP is less than 100 ng/mL.

    Time frame: Weeks 0, 4, 8, 12 and 16 of treatment

  8. C-reaction protein level

    To test for changes in subjects' C-reactive protein (CPR) levels before and after the intervention.The normal range for CRP is less than 5.2 mg/l for adult males and less than 4.6 mg/l for adult females.

    Time frame: Weeks 0, 4, 8, 12 and 16 of treatment

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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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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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jun 18, 2024, 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
NCT06427135
Lead sponsor
Ping An
Responsible party
Ping An (Professor, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University) — Sponsor-investigator
First posted
May 23, 2024
Start date
Jul 1, 2024 (estimated)
Primary completion
Jun 30, 2025 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Jun 18, 2024

Study contacts

Ping An
Contact
anping_05@163.com
+8618627068700
Ping An
principal investigator · Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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