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Behçet DiseaseNCT03837236

Inactivity Behavior and Exercise Bariers in Patients With Behçet Disease

A study testing Study group in people with Behçet Disease, run by Gazi University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

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Status not confirmed. The sponsor has not verified this record for over two years, so it may be out of date.

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Trial summary

Behçet's Disease (BD) is a chronic, inflammatory, rheumatic disease that is characterized by mucocutaneous lesions. Promoting physical activity level is one of the major goals in the management of patients with rheumatic diseases, it is important to determine the factors affecting physical activity level and exercise… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 65 years
Conditions the study is for
Behçet Disease
What is being tested?
Study group
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
82 participants
Where
1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
Study dates
8 Feb 2019to 8 Nov 2019
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Being followed at the Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Rheumatology with Behçet Disease met the diagnostic criteria proposed at the International Study Group of Behçet Disease.
  • The age of 18- 65 years

Who cannot join

  • Illiterate,
  • Pregnant
  • Diagnosed with malignancy
  • Accompaning any other rheumatic diseases except from Fibromyalgia
  • Having changes of medical treatment in the last 3 months
  • having dysfunction that limited physical activity such as severe neurological impairment, immobility or cooperation deficits

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Turkey (Türkiye)1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Gazi University

    Ankara, 06560

    Songul Baglan Yentur, +90 506 272 6511, songulbaglan23@hotmail.com

    Devrim Can Sarac

    Recruiting

Other trials in Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Behçet's Disease (BD) is a chronic, inflammatory, rheumatic disease that is characterized by mucocutaneous lesions. Promoting physical activity level is one of the major goals in the management of patients with rheumatic diseases, it is important to determine the factors affecting physical activity level and exercise barriers. The aim of this study is to investigate physical activity level and exercise barriers in patients with BD. Physical activity level, exercise barriers, disease activity, fatigue, depression, pain, sleep disorders, aerobic capacity and quality of life will be assessed using International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ),Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale, Behçet Disease Current Activity Form (BDCAF), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), McGill Pain Questionnaire- Short Form (MPQ-SF), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, 6 minute walk test and Behçet's Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire, respectively.

Read the detailed description

Behçet's Disease (BD) is a chronic, inflammatory, rheumatic disease that is characterized by mucocutaneous lesions and can be seen major organ involvement such as eyes, musculoskeletal system, gastrointestinal system and central nervous system. Gender and clinical findings effect the prognosis of the disease. Physical activity is all body movements requiring energy expenditure over basal metabolism and contraction of skeletal muscle. Promoting physical activity level is one of the major goals in the management of patients with rheumatic diseases because of negative impact of sedentary lifestyle which depends on rheumatic involvement.Impaired quality of life, aerobic capacity, respiratory function and life satisfaction, sleep disorders, depression, anxiety and fatigue are seen commonly in BD patients like the other rheumatic diseases. Because of these symptoms, it is possible and expected that BD patients have low physical activity level. Considering that regular physical activity effects survival for patients and healthy people, it is important to determine the factors affecting physical activity level and exercise barriers. The aim of this study is to investigate physical activity level and exercise barriers in patients with BD. Physical activity level, exercise barriers, disease activity, fatigue, depression, pain, sleep disorders, aerobic capacity and quality of life will be assessed using International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ),Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale, Behçet Disease Current Activity Form (BDCAF), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), McGill Pain Questionnaire- Short Form (MPQ-SF), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, 6 minute walk test and Behçet's Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire, respectively.

Conditions
Behçet Disease
Being tested
Study group
Keywords
Behçet disease, Physical activity level, Exercise barriers
Medical subject headings
Behcet Syndrome

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Study groupOther

    Evaluation parameters will be performed to the patients. Physical activity level, exercise barriers, disease activity, fatigue, depression, pain, sleep disorders, aerobic capacity and quality of life will be assessed using International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ),Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale, Behçet Disease Current Activity Form (BDCAF), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), McGill Pain Questionnaire- Short Form (MPQ-SF), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, 6 minute walk test and Behçet's Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire, respectively.

Study groups in NCT03837236
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Study groupExperimentalEvaluation parameters will be performed to the patients. Physical activity level, exercise barriers, disease activity, fatigue, depression, pain, sleep disorders, aerobic capacity and quality of life will be assessed using International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ),Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale, Behçet Disease Current Activity Form (BDCAF), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), McGill Pain Questionnaire- Short Form (MPQ-SF), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, 6 minute walk test and Behçet's Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire, respectively.
Receives: Other: Study group

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)- Short Form

    This questionnaire obtains information about how much time is spent while walking and in moderate and vigorous activities and sitting duration in the last 7 days. The questionnaire records the activity of four intensity levels: 1) vigorous-intensity activity, 2) moderate-intensity activity, 3) walking, and 4) sitting. Durations are multiplied by known METs per activity and the results for all items are summed for the overall physical activity score. Scores for walking and for moderate and vigorous activities are sums of corresponding item scores. A sitting question is not included in physical activity score. The questionnaire is scored as: those who score high on the IPAQ engage in vigorous intensity activity of at least 1500 MET minutes a week, those who score modarete on the IPAQ of at least 600 MET minutes a week, those who score a low level of physical activity on the IPAQ means that not meeting any of the criteria for either moderate or high levels of physical activity.

    Measured: 1 minute

  2. the Exercise Benefits/Barriers Scale

    It consists of 43 items including benefits of exercise (e.g. I enjoy exercise) and barriers (e.g. Exercising takes too much of my time). Benefits subscale scores range between 29 and 116 while barriers subscale scores range between 14 and 56. The higher the score on the Barriers scale, the greater the perception of barriers to exercise.

    Measured: 2 minutes

Secondary outcomes (7)
  1. Fatigue Severity Scale

    This scale consists of nine questions; each question is scored from 1 to 7, in which a high FSS score indicates severe fatigue.

    Measured: 2 minutes

  2. Beck Depression Inventory

    Beck Depression Inventory consists of 21 items related to depressive symptoms such as pessimism, sense of failure, guilt, dissatisfaction, sleep, appetite and fatigue. Each item is scored between 0 and 3. Higher score means increased severity of depression. According to this scale 1-10 points are defined as normal, scores between 11-16 indicate mild mental distress, 17-20 indicate the patient is at the border points for clinical depression, 21-30 indicate moderate depression, severe depression scores are between 31-40 and 40 points above are interpreted as a very serious depression.

    Measured: 1 minute

  3. Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire

    This questionnaire consists of 11 sensory and 4 affective descriptive words. These 15 words are scored range between 0 and 4. So three type of pain scores (sensory, affective, total = sensory + affective) are obtained. In McGill Pain Questionnaire, the current level of pain is measured by Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Likert scale consisting of 6 points (0 = no pain, 1 = mild, 2 = irritating, 3 = bothersome, 4 = terrible, 5 = unbearable).

    Measured: 2 minutes

  4. Behçet's Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire

    It consists of 15 items about difficulties in social, psychological and daily living effects for patients with BD. All questions have the same five answers including; always (4 points), usually (3 points), sometimes (2 points), rarely (1 point), never (0 point). Total score is calculated by collecting all points, which ranges between 0 and 60 points. The higher score indicated the high quality of life level.

    Measured: 5 minutes

  5. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index

    It is a self-assessment questionnaire which evaluates sleep quality and disturbances over a 1 month time interval. It consists of 19 self-rated items and five questions rated by the bedpartner or roommate which is not included to the total score. . These 19 items are grouped into seven component scores, each weighted equally on a 0-3 scale. The seven component scores are then summed yo yield a global Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index score, which has a range of 0-2 and the higher score indicates worse sleep quality.

    Measured: 2 minutes

  6. 6 minute walk test

    6MWT is a distance required to fast-paced walk on flat floor in length 30 meters. The aim of the 6MWT is to walk as long as the patient can walk in 6 minutes. Dyspnoea and fatigue level are recorded at the end of the test.

    Measured: 6 minutes

  7. Behçet Disease Current Activity Form (BDCAF)

    It has 12 components; headache, oral ulcer, genital ulcer, arthralgia, erythema, skin pustule, arthritis, nausea/vomiting/abdominal pain, diarrhea or frank blood per rectum, eye symptoms, nervous and vascular system symptoms. Each component is scored as absent (0 point) or present (1 point) and final BDCAF score is sum of all components with a maximum of 12.

    Measured: 5 minutes

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted12 Feb 2019
  2. Study start8 Feb 2019
  3. Primary completion8 May 2019 (estimated)
  4. Study completion8 Nov 2019 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
82 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT03837236
Sponsor's protocol ID
25
Status last verified
Feb 2019
First submitted
8 Feb 2019
Last updated
15 Feb 2019
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Moses Alder N, Fisher M, Yazici Y. Behcet's syndrome patients have high levels of functional disability, fatigue and pain as measured by a Multi-dimensional Health Assessment Questionnaire (MDHAQ). Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2008 Jul-Aug;26(4 Suppl 50):S110-3.

    PubMed 19026127
  • Hatemi G, Merkel PA, Hamuryudan V, Boers M, Direskeneli H, Aydin SZ, Yazici H. Outcome measures used in clinical trials for Behcet syndrome: a systematic review. J Rheumatol. 2014 Mar;41(3):599-612. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.131249. Epub 2014 Feb 1.

    PubMed 24488418

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Study group in people with Behçet Disease, run by Gazi University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 Feb 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Contact Songul Baglan Yentur (+90 312 216 26 12, songulbaglan23@hotmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)- Short Form (time frame: 1 minute). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03837236, which also lists 2 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 15 Feb 2019.

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