Feasibility of VIIT in Adults With NASH

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

24

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 1, 2018

Primary Completion Date

December 7, 2018

Study Completion Date

December 7, 2018

Conditions
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)Nonalcoholic Fatty LiverNonalcoholic SteatohepatitisLiver Diseases
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Vigorous-intensity interval training (VIIT)

Subjects will be fitted with a heart rate monitor around the chest and a baseline 4ml blood sample will be drawn. Vigorous intensity interval training will correspond to heart rate (HR) range of 80-90% of heart rate at age-predicted heart rate maximum (220-age). After approximately 5 minutes of warmup subjects will perform 10 intervals of VIIT: 30 seconds of vigorous intensity exercise followed by 60 seconds of rest. Rated Perceived Exertion (RPE) will be rated by 15-point Borg scale; should correspond to HR/10 at end of each interval. The subject will self-adjust the intensity of the exercise bouts and will be encouraged by the researcher to achieve the desired intensity. The exercise session will finish with a short cool-down period and will last no more than 25 minutes in total. A 4ml blood sample will be drawn immediately following the exercise session and 2-hours after exercise cessation.

Trial Locations (1)

27705

Duke Integrative Medicine, Durham

Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Duke University

OTHER