NCT00533819

Brief Summary

Healthy physical activity decreases blood pressure in young female school children. It also has effects on BMI and maths scores.

Trial Health

43
At Risk

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Trial has exceeded expected completion date
Enrollment
280

participants targeted

Target at P75+ for phase_2 hypertension

Timeline
Completed

Started Sep 2007

Shorter than P25 for phase_2 hypertension

Geographic Reach
1 country

1 active site

Status
unknown

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Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

September 1, 2007

Completed
19 days until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

September 20, 2007

Completed
1 day until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

September 21, 2007

Completed
7 months until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

May 1, 2008

Completed
Last Updated

October 15, 2008

Status Verified

October 1, 2008

First QC Date

September 20, 2007

Last Update Submit

October 14, 2008

Conditions

Hypertension

Keywords

Exercise interventionMaths ScoresBlood pressureFemale school childrenBody mass index

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

  • Blood pressure

    6 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

  • Body mass index

    6 months

  • Maths scores

    6 months

Study Arms (2)

1

EXPERIMENTAL
Other: 6 months of healthy physical activity

2

NO INTERVENTION

would have routine physical activity

Interventions

6 months of healthy physical activityOTHER

half an hour of healthy physical activity including 20 minutes aerobic, 5 minutes warm up and cool down, 4 days a week

1

Eligibility Criteria

Age9 Years - 11 Years
Sexfemale
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsChild (0-17)

You may qualify if:

  • Female children of age 9-11 yrs who are enrolled in the public sector school with a compound facility would be included in the study. Intervention would be offered to those only who will have normal age specific weight in percentiles.

You may not qualify if:

  • Those who are suffering from any chronic illness due to they which cannot participate and those who are mentally or physically disabled will be excluded from the study.

Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Sites (1)

4 Public Sector Schools

Karachi, Sindh, 74800, Pakistan

RECRUITING

Related Publications (2)

  • Yin Z, Gutin B, Johnson MH, Hanes J Jr, Moore JB, Cavnar M, Thornburg J, Moore D, Barbeau P. An environmental approach to obesity prevention in children: Medical College of Georgia FitKid Project year 1 results. Obes Res. 2005 Dec;13(12):2153-61. doi: 10.1038/oby.2005.267.

    PMID: 16421350BACKGROUND

  • Almas A, Islam M, Jafar TH. School-based physical activity programme in preadolescent girls (9-11 years): a feasibility trial in Karachi, Pakistan. Arch Dis Child. 2013 Jul;98(7):515-9. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-303242. Epub 2013 May 9.

    PMID: 23661575DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Hypertension

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Vascular DiseasesCardiovascular Diseases

Study Officials

  • Aysha Almas, MBBS, FCPS

    Student

    PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Aysha Almas, MBBS, FCPS (Medicine)

CONTACT

92-0333-3512-433aysha.almas@aku.edu

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 2
Allocation
NON RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Purpose
PREVENTION
Intervention Model
PARALLEL
Sponsor Type
OTHER

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

September 20, 2007

First Posted

September 21, 2007

Study Start

September 1, 2007

Study Completion

May 1, 2008

Last Updated

October 15, 2008

Record last verified: 2008-10

Locations

PA(1)