Exercise in Prematurely Born Preadolescents to Mitigate Cardiovascular Risk and Improve Cognitive Impairment

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Conditions studied: Preterm Birth

In brief

EXCELSIOR is a randomized controlled trial to investigate the effect of physical exercise on cardiovascular health in prematurely born children. Participants will be randomly allocated to either an intervention group or a control group. The intervention will receive a child-friendly physical exercise program and the control group will receive age appropriate lifestyle- and exercise recommendations.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06500910

Run by

Henner Hanssen

People needed

50

Starts

2024-08-12

Expected to finish

2025-08-12

Last updated by the study team

2025-05-30

Who can join

Age: 6 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Boys and girls born prematurely (<= 32th week of gestation)
• aged 6 to 12 years
• informed consent provided

You may not qualify if…

• attendance of special education services related to attention disorders
• colour blindness or any chronic eye disorder
• being under pharmacological treatment for any mental disorder
• injuries, significant motor- or other disabilities which prohibit the participation in physical exercise
• visually provoked epilepsy
• children for whom no informed consent is provided

Where it is running

• Bereich Sport- und Bewegungsmedizin, Abteilung Präventive Sportmedizin & Systemphysiologie — Basel, Canton of Basel-City, Switzerland (enrolling)

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