Weight Loss and ExeRcise for Post-stroke Veterans
Recruiting now · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Stroke
In brief
Weight loss interventions for neurologically health individuals have established benefits for improving physical and psychosocial function. The investigators believe that Veterans who have had a stroke would realize similar benefits and that the effects would be enhanced with concurrent exercise training. The investigators will study the effects of a 15-week lifestyle management program to determine if it can effectively improve some of the physical and psychosocial problems common in Veterans who have had a stroke.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT06322030
- Run by
- VA Office of Research and Development
- People needed
- 99
- Starts
- 2024-05-01
- Expected to finish
- 2028-03-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-05-15
Who can join
Age: 40 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- A diagnosis of stroke at least 6 months prior
- BMI > 30 kg/m2
- Residual paresis in the lower extremity (Fugl-Meyer LE motor score <34)
- Ability to follow instructions, complete training and testing and to communicate exertion, pain and distress
- Provision of informed consent
- Individuals who meet inclusion criteria must complete an exercise tolerance test and be cleared for participation by the study cardiologist
You may not qualify if…
- Unable to ambulate at least 150 feet or experienced intermittent claudication while walking
- Unstable cardiac arrhythmias, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, severe aortic stenosis, angina or dyspnea at rest or during ADL's
- Dementia
- Life expectancy <1 yr
- History of DVT or pulmonary embolism within 6 months
- Uncontrolled diabetes with recent weight loss, diabetic coma, or frequent insulin reactions
- Severe hypertension with systolic >200 mmHg and diastolic >110 mmHg at rest
- Current enrollment in a rehabilitation trial to enhance motor or psychosocial recovery
Where it is running
- Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center, Charleston, SC — Charleston, South Carolina, United States (enrolling)
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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