Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients in Training — RAPIT  

Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trial

Official title: Interventional Study on the Effectiveness and Safety of Intensive Exercise in Patients With RA

Status Active, not recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

Aim of the study was to investigate the effectiveness (functional ability and physical capacity) and safety (disease activity and damage of the joints) of long-term high-intensity weight-bearing exercises in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).The training proved to be safe and effective.

Clinical Trial Description

The 300 patients with RA were randomized into two groups; exercise group and usual care group. The patients who participated in the 2 years intensive exercise training (2 times a week, training duration 65 minutes) improved their functional capacity and functional ability without detrimental effects on the large joints damage or on disease activity. Only patients with excessive large joint damage at baseline were at risk to develop additional damage when participating in intensive weight-bearing exercises. Patients who exercised were able to delay the decrease of bone mineral density of the hips. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Arthritis
• Arthritis, Rheumatoid
• Rheumatoid Arthritis

• NCT number: NCT00434200
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Leiden University Medical Center
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: Phase 4
• Start date: January 1998
• Completion date: June 2000