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Virtual Rehabilitation in HCT

NCT05943964 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2025-09-19

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Summary

Chronic GVHD (cGVHD) is a major cause of illness in patients who undergo hematopoietic transplantation (HCT). GVHD can affect any organ in the body, can require several years of treatment, and can impact the quality of life (QoL). Physical activity and exercise have been shown to enhance fitness and improve QoL in chronic illnesses including GVHD, however, patients often have barriers to attending sessions including distance, risk of infection, and physical therapists' lack of experience with pediatric patients. The team's goal is to assess whether a virtual rehabilitation program in children post-HCT (including children with chronic GVHD) is feasible and whether its implementation will improve physical functioning and QoL. Patients between the ages of 8 and 23 years who are at least one hundred days post-HCT will be eligible for participation. Patients will have an assessment by a pediatric physical therapist at the time of study entry, at the end of the rehabilitation program, and approximately 3 months later. They will be supplied with some exercise equipment (such as dumbbells and resistance bands). Patients will have twice weekly half-hour one-on-one online sessions with the physical therapist for 12 weeks. Patients will be recruited through the bone marrow transplant clinic.

Conditions

  • Hematopoietic Cell Transplant

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Virtual exercise and rehabilitation program

Participants will have two 30-minute sessions per week for 12 weeks. The program will focus on aerobic exercises and stretching exercises. When applicable, stretching exercises will focus on areas of contractures, and joints with limited range of motion (ROM). Sessions will be completed by a team of Physical Therapists using the established telemedicine platform at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, as used routinely in the blood and marrow transplant clinic for clinical care (Epic). Adherence to the program will be encouraged during monthly standard clinic visits.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Muna Qayed, MD, MsCR · Emory University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
23 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-07-31
Primary Completion
2027-08-31
Completion
2027-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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