Cystic Fibrosis Mucoviscidosis
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patiënten met CF: - CF patients diagnosed by clinical features and a positive sweat chloride test with a homozygote *F508 mutation - Sex: male and female - Age: 12 to 18 years old - Participants have to be clinically stable for at least 4 weeks, which means no use of extra oral or intravenous antibiotics for at least four weeks.;Healthy controls: - Age; 12 - 18 years old - Sex: male and female
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with cystic fibrosis and healthy controls: - Subjects with a physical exercise contraindication by a medical specialist - Subjects who use (inhalation) corticosteroids, and/ or immunosuppressive therapy - Subjects who have had a lung transplantation;Healthy controls: - Subjects who have allergies, asthma or auto-immune diseases.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Determinant: Physical exercise program based on the Canadian Air Force program with a duration of 12 weeks. Endpoint: Differences in the EIIR: difference between the EIIR before physical exercise training and the EIIR after physical exercise training. Different markers of the immune system will be collected from an i.v. access at two different time points. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary endpoints: - Difference between basal immune values of patients with CF and healthy controls - Difference between basal immune values, pre-training versus post-training - Difference in pulmonary function - Difference in maximal exercise capacity - Difference in the exercise induced dyspnoea perception and muscle fatigue perception - Difference in quality of life - Difference in anthropometric values - Pulmonary exacerbation - Terminating the maximal exercise test prior to reaching voluntary exhaustion | — |
Countries
Netherlands