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Interest of an Adapted Physical Activity (APA) Program Among Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: a Feasibility and Efficacy Preliminary Study

Interest of an Adapted Physical Activity (APA) Program Among Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: a Feasibility and Efficacy Preliminary Study

Status
Recruiting
Phases
NA
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05572424
Acronym
ATHLETIQUE
Enrollment
40
Registered
2022-10-07
Start date
2023-07-05
Completion date
2024-10-31
Last updated
2024-03-18

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Brief summary

The Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) affects joints mobility and leads pain, impacting the practice of physical activities. Adapted Physical Activities are rehabilitation methods increasingly used, but additional studies are needed to define the nature of the physical activity for patients with JIA. The ATHLETIQUE project aims to evaluate the impact of a program integrating APA sessions together with the wearing of a pedometer watch on disease activity of patients with JIA.

Interventions

OTHERAdaptated Physical Activity (APA) + pedometer watch

Adapted physical activities program : 12 weeks, 2 40-minutes sessions per week ( one broadcast live via online video conferencing and other one in autonomy according to a sequence of different personalized exercises defined by the APA's professional). Children are divided into 6 groups. Each session will be broken down into three parts: the warm-up (10mins), the session's corps alternating between five to eight of muscle strengthening, proprioception, and endurance exercises (20mins) and a cool-down with stretching (10mins). The physical activity performed during the sessions will be quantified with a heart rate monitor and the range of 60-70% of the maximum theoretical heart rate for each child will be respected. A pedometer watch will wear during 1 year and will provide the number of steps.

Sponsors

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Years to 17 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Children (boys and girls) aged 6 to 17 years * Children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) : oligoarticular, polyarticular, psoriatic or enthesitis-related arthritis, with more than one year of disease progression * Children on stable conventional or biotherapy 3 months prior to inclusion * Children with a computer/tablet/connected phone that allows them to follow adapted physical activities sessions online * If sexually active adolescents, use an effective method of contraception (oral contraceptives, contraceptive injections, intrauterine devices, double barrier method, contraceptive patches) * Signed informed consent to participate indicating that the parent(s) understand the purpose and procedures required for the study and agree(s) that their child(ren) will participate in the study and abide by the requirements and restrictions of the study * Affiliation with a French social security system or beneficiary of such a system. Non-inclusion criteria: * Treatment by intra-articular infiltration less than 1 month old (immobilization required after the procedure and temporary cessation of physical activity unavoidable) * Contraindications to physical activity * Subject unlikely to cooperate with the study and/or poor cooperation anticipated by the investigator * Subject without health insurance * Pregnant adolescent * Subject in the exclusion period of another study or is the national volunteer register

Exclusion criteria

: * Intra-articular infiltration treatment during the 3 months of the adapted physical activity (APA) program (except for the temporomandibular joint) * Change of biotherapy during the 3 months of the APA program if the treatment is ineffective * Physical inability to engage in physical activity, unrelated to JIA, during the 3-month of the APA program

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity-27 Score AssesmentWeek 14JADAS-27 score includes 4 components : 1. number of inflammatory joints among 27 joints identified, 2. a medical assesment of clinical disease activity with Visual Analogic Scale (from 0 point = worst to 10 points = best), 3. assesment of assesment of patient's well-being by the patient or a parent with Visual Analogic Scale (froom 0 point = worst to 10 points = best), 4. sedimentation rate (from 0 to 10).

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Evaluation of the physical activity levelWeeks 13, 25 and 49The difference of the medium physical activity level is assessed by the continue measures (for 7 days) of the time spent in the MVPA (Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity) via actimetry (counts/min). Actimetric measurements will be performed before the start of the intervention to determine a value for V0, at 13 weeks (for V1), at 25 weeks (for V2), and at 49 weeks (for V3)
Quantification of the difference in muscle strengthWeeks 14, 26 and 50By dynamometry (Newton)
Evolution of quality of lifeWeeks 14, 26 and 50Difference of the score obtained in the Pediatric Quality of Life (PedsQL) tool. Score out of 100 for children assess and 100 for parents assess. A high score means a reduced quality of life.
Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity-27 Score AssesmentWeeks 26 and 50JADAS-27 score includes 4 components : 1. number of inflammatory joints among 27 joints identified, 2. a medical assesment of clinical disease activity with Visual Analogic Scale (from 0 point = worst to 10 points = best), 3. assesment of assesment of patient's well-being by the patient or a parent with Visual Analogic Scale (froom 0 point = worst to 10 points = best), 4. sedimentation rate (from 0 to 10).
Evolution of painWeeks 14, 26 and 50Assessment by the Visual Analogic Scale (VAS) of the CHAQ-38 tool. VAS are out of 10. A high score means an increased pain.
Evolution of fatigueWeeks 14, 26 and 50Difference of the score obtained in the PedsQL-Multidimensional Fatigue Scale questionnaire. Score out of 100 for children assess and 100 for parents assess. A high score means a increased fatigue.
Assessment of the feasibility of the programweek 2 to 13Assessment of program participation. Participation is the proportion of subjects who agree to participate in the study among eligible patients.
Evolution of functional capacitiesWeeks 14, 26 and 50Assessment by the questionnaire of the ChildHood Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ-38) tool. Questionaire's score out of 3, it's a medium of 8 items. A high score means reduced functional capacities.

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactClaire BALLOT-SCHMIT, MD
cballotschmit@chu-besancon.fr0381219139
Backup ContactStéphanie PY, PhD
s1py@chu-besancon.fr0381218993

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 9, 2026