Clinical trial · Interventional
Impact of Exercise Intensity on Cardiac Health in Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancer: The PULSE Trial
Impact Of Exercise Intensity On Cardiac Health In Young Adult Survivors Of Childhood Cancer: The PULSE Trial
NCT07442578CI-TRIAL-00105863PULSEactive not recruitingN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This trial aims to evaluate the impact of exercise intensity on cardiac health in young adult survivors of childhood cancer previously treated with anthracyclines.
Conditions
Conditions (4)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthracycline-induced Cardiotoxicity | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Cardiotoxicity | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Cardiovascular Diseases | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Childhood Cancer Survivors | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| HIIT Exercise Program | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| MICT Exercise Program | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT)
- description
- Participants will be randomly assigned to the HIIT exercise group and receive: * Baseline visit and surveys * 3x weekly for 16 week home-based virtually supervised High-Intensity Interval Training * Post-intervention visit and surveys
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: HIIT Exercise Program
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Moderate Intensity Continuous Training (MICT)
- description
- Participants will be randomly assigned to the MICT exercise group and receive: * Baseline visit and surveys * 3x weekly for 16 week home-based virtually supervised Moderate Intensity Continuous Training * Post-intervention visit and surveys
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: MICT Exercise Program
Primary outcomes (7)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 39 Years
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Inclusion Criteria: * Current age at study initiation 18-39 years. * Cancer diagnosis at age ≤ 18 years. * Previous exposure to any dose of anthracyclines. * Are ≥2 years post-treatment and in remission without relapse after cancer directed therapy. * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status = 0 * Oncology survivorship provider clearance to participate in exercise * No self-reported comorbidities or contraindications that prohibit the undertaking of high intensity exercise (e.g., severe valvular heart disease) * Sedentary (i.e., currently participates in ≤ 60 minutes of structured high or moderate intensity exercise/week) determined by self-report during screening using the Godin Leisure Time Exercise Questionnaire * Speak English * Willing to travel to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute for necessary data collection Exclusion Criteria: * Unstable comorbidities that prevent participation in moderate-to-vigorous intensity exercise. * Patients who are pregnant. * Participate in more than 60 minutes of structured moderate-to-vigorous exercise per week over the last month. * Patients receiving treatment for other active malignancies (except basal cell carcinoma). * Subjects who in the opinion of the investigators, may not be able to comply with the safety monitoring requirements of the study. * Unable to travel to DFCI Longwood campus for necessary data collection.
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