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Tele-Exercise for MERP

NCT07018466 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2025-12-04

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Summary

During Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, Veterans in combat were exposed to a variety of airborne hazards, including oil well fire smoke, emissions from burn pits, and other substances associated with negative health outcomes, including cardiovascular and pulmonary disease and cancer. More than 40% of Veterans enrolled in the VA's Airborne Hazards and Open Burn Pit Registry (AHOBPR) report functional limitations, such as difficulty running short distances. Veterans with burn pit exposures will benefit from physical activity interventions designed to improve functional ability and overall quality of life. Veterans with significant exposure to burn pits during their overseas military service will have a detailed documentation of their limitations and participate in either a 12-week coach-led tele-exercise intervention or standard of care. This project is designed to improve functional mobility and could be implemented for Veterans with burn pit exposure.

Conditions

  • Burn Pit Exposure

Interventions

OTHER

Tele-exercise

Exercise training 3x/week at home. Sessions include circuit exercises of aerobic and resistive training stations which are led remotely.

OTHER

Standard of Care

Health education discussions and lectures 3x/week led remotely.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • VA Office of Research and Development

    lead FED

Principal Investigators

  • Alice S. Ryan, PhD · Baltimore VA Medical Center VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, MD

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-07-01
Primary Completion
2029-12-01
Completion
2030-12-01

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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