NCT05364632

Aerobic Training Versus Behavioral Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Patients With Asthma

Effects of Aerobic Training Versus Behavioral Intervention to Increase Physical Activity in Patients With Asthma: a Randomized, Blinded Clinical Trial.

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 56 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo General Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To compare the effects of aerobic training and behavioural intervention to increase physical activity in the clinical control of asthma and in the quality of life of patients with asthma.

Detailed description

Adult participants of both genders with moderate to severe asthma, not physically active, will be evaluated after being informed about the study, agreeing and signing the informed consent form. Participants will be randomized to aerobic training or behavioral intervention group. Both interventions will consist of 8 weeks. Aerobic training will be performed on a treadmill (2xweek; 45 min/session). The behavioral intervention will be a program to increase physical activity (1xweek; up to 90 min / session). The maximum HR will be estimated according to the Tanaka's equation (208 - 0.7 x age).

Conditions

• Asthma

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Behavioral Intervention to Increase Physical Activity	The educational program will consist of 2 classes held once a week, each lasting 90 minutes. The classes will be based on an education videotape, presentations and group discussions. The first class will address the asthma education. The second class will be about the current international physical activity recommendations and the importance and benefits of being physically active. The behavioural intervention will be performed in 8 weekly goal-setting consultation, face-to-face, each lasting until 90 minutes. Patients will be offered a commercially-available activity tracker to wear during 3 days prior to each consultation. According to their own physical activity (PA) data and the behavioural change stage, an individual action plan will be established to increase physical activity. Each participant will receive individual counselling with the goal of increasing participation in PA and reducing their sedentary time.
OTHER	Aerobic Training	The same initial educational program described for the Behavioral Intervention group will be delivered to this group. Each aerobic training session will consist of 45 minutes divided into 5 minutes of warm-up, 35 minutes of aerobic exercise and 5 minutes of cool-down. During physical training, heart rate and level of respiratory distress will be monitored. The intensity of aerobic physical training will be based on the heart rate (HR) corresponding to one third of the difference between the anaerobic threshold (LA) and the respiratory compensation point (CRP). The patient may interrupt physical exercise if he presents any clinical symptoms and/or respiratory discomfort, returning as soon as his respiratory condition improves.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-08-23
• Primary completion: 2025-12-31
• Completion: 2025-12-31
• First posted: 2022-05-06
• Last updated: 2025-05-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Brazil