NCT02355964

EFFORT Asthma: Effects of Diet and Exercise in Asthma

EFFORT Asthma: Effects of a High Protein/Low Glycemic Index Diet and Physical Exercise in Sedentary Non-obese Asthmatics.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 149 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Copenhagen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This project aims to study the effects of lifestyle changes on asthma and systemic inflammation in a randomized clinical trial of diet and exercise. The project is a multidisciplinary collaboration in the areas of medicine, physiology and nutrition, centred on improving asthma control in non-obese sedentary asthmatics via simple means.

Detailed description

After screening and enrollment, a total of 200 Danish sedentary, non-obese asthma patients will be randomized to one of four groups: 1) control group (no intervention), 2) physical exercise intervention, 3) diet intervention (a diet with an overall high content of protein and a low glycemic index) or 4) exercise plus diet intervention. Asthma is defined as respiratory symptoms and at least one positive asthma test. Patients will continue their regular doses of anti-asthma treatment unchanged throughout the study period. Type of anti-inflammatory medicine will be recorded and the adherence to the therapy will be assessed before the intervention period and at follow-up using questionnaires

Conditions

• Asthma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Exercise	Aerobe exercise 3 times a week in 8 weeks
BEHAVIORAL	Diet	Diet (a diet with an overall high protein content and a low glycemic index) in 8 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-01-01
• Primary completion: 2016-07-01
• Completion: 2016-07-01
• First posted: 2015-02-04
• Last updated: 2016-07-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark