Healthy Aging Through Optimized Exercise (NCT07093216) | Clinical Trial Compass
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Healthy Aging Through Optimized Exercise
304 participantsStarted 2026-05-01
Plain-language summary
here is enormous variation in how individuals respond to exercise and understanding the factors that drive this variation will guide individualized exercise prescriptions to improve or maintain health into older age. This study will help to elucidate reasons for the variation in the responses to exercise in older adults.
Who can participate
Age range60 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Written informed consent prior to any study procedure
* 60+ years of age
* \<120 min/wk of self-reported moderate physical activity as assessed by Community Health Activities Model Program for Seniors (CHAMPS) physical activity questionnaire13
* Evidence of impairment in one or more Intrinsic Capacity domains (see section 3.2)
* Passage of a physical exam and diagnostic, graded exercise test with 12-lead ECG reviewed by a cardiologist or otherwise credentialed clinician.
Exclusion Criteria:
* End-stage disease and/or a life expectancy less than one year
* Resistant hypertension, defined as BP \> 140/90, despite the use of three or more anti-hypertensive drugs
* Chronic kidney disease
* Serum creatinine \>2.5 mg/dL in men or \>2.0 mg/dL in women
* Serum potassium \>5.0 mEq/L
* Urinary protein \> 1 on dipstick
* Abnormal liver enzymes (AST, ALT, or alkaline phosphatase \> 2.5 times the upper limit of normal)
* Severe cardiac disease, including NYHA Class III or IV congestive heart failure, clinically significant aortic stenosis, history of cardiac arrest, use of a cardiac defibrillator, or uncontrolled angina
* Acute myocardial infarction identified by ECG
* Current treatment for malignancy
* Known diagnosis of dementia
* Any other disease or condition that would preclude completion of all testing and exercise training
* Any other condition that would interfere with testing or increase risk of complications during exercise
* Any other condition or event…