Case Report: Decentralized trial of tolerability-adapted exercise therapy after severe Covid-19

We assessed the safety, tolerability, and effects of exercise therapy in three patients with cancer and hospitalization for SARS-CoV-2 infection in an early-phase prospective trial. All study assessments and exercise sessions were conducted remotely (decentralized) in patient’s homes. Patients recei...

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Main Authors: Jessica M. Scott, Zhuyu Qiu, Jahan Rahman, Chaya S. Moskowitz, Meghan G. Michalski, Sarah Lehman, Catherine P. Lee, Jenna Harrison, Anthony F. Yu, Amira Marouf, Santosha Vardhana, Paul C. Boutros, Lee W. Jones
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description We assessed the safety, tolerability, and effects of exercise therapy in three patients with cancer and hospitalization for SARS-CoV-2 infection in an early-phase prospective trial. All study assessments and exercise sessions were conducted remotely (decentralized) in patient’s homes. Patients received five escalated doses of aerobic exercise therapy (range, 90 to 375 minutes per week) following a tolerability-based adapted schedule over 30 consecutive weeks. Exercise therapy was safe (i.e., no serious adverse events), tolerable (i.e., all exercise therapy doses were completed, with an overall average relative exercise dose intensity of 89%), and associated with improvements in patient physiology (e.g., exercise capacity) and patient-reported outcomes (e.g., quality of life). Correlative proteomic and single-cell immune sequencing of peripheral blood samples revealed marked alterations in protein and immune phenotypes implicated in post COVID-19 condition. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04824443).
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spelling doaj-art-00586fd7945e4fd58a281b8fa49bd4d82025-08-20T03:03:06ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Immunology1664-32242025-04-011610.3389/fimmu.2025.15293851529385Case Report: Decentralized trial of tolerability-adapted exercise therapy after severe Covid-19Jessica M. Scott0Jessica M. Scott1Zhuyu Qiu2Zhuyu Qiu3Jahan Rahman4Chaya S. Moskowitz5Meghan G. Michalski6Sarah Lehman7Catherine P. Lee8Jenna Harrison9Anthony F. Yu10Anthony F. Yu11Amira Marouf12Amira Marouf13Santosha Vardhana14Santosha Vardhana15Paul C. Boutros16Paul C. Boutros17Paul C. Boutros18Paul C. Boutros19Lee W. Jones20Lee W. Jones21Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United StatesJonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDepartment of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesHuman Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United StatesHuman Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United StatesHuman Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Lymphoma Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, United StatesJonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDepartment of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDepartment of Urology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesInstitute for Precision Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), New York, NY, United StatesDepartment of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, United StatesWe assessed the safety, tolerability, and effects of exercise therapy in three patients with cancer and hospitalization for SARS-CoV-2 infection in an early-phase prospective trial. All study assessments and exercise sessions were conducted remotely (decentralized) in patient’s homes. Patients received five escalated doses of aerobic exercise therapy (range, 90 to 375 minutes per week) following a tolerability-based adapted schedule over 30 consecutive weeks. Exercise therapy was safe (i.e., no serious adverse events), tolerable (i.e., all exercise therapy doses were completed, with an overall average relative exercise dose intensity of 89%), and associated with improvements in patient physiology (e.g., exercise capacity) and patient-reported outcomes (e.g., quality of life). Correlative proteomic and single-cell immune sequencing of peripheral blood samples revealed marked alterations in protein and immune phenotypes implicated in post COVID-19 condition. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04824443).https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1529385/fullexerciseimmune phenotypelong covidcancerdecentralized
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Jessica M. Scott
Zhuyu Qiu
Zhuyu Qiu
Jahan Rahman
Chaya S. Moskowitz
Meghan G. Michalski
Sarah Lehman
Catherine P. Lee
Jenna Harrison
Anthony F. Yu
Anthony F. Yu
Amira Marouf
Amira Marouf
Santosha Vardhana
Santosha Vardhana
Paul C. Boutros
Paul C. Boutros
Paul C. Boutros
Paul C. Boutros
Lee W. Jones
Lee W. Jones
Case Report: Decentralized trial of tolerability-adapted exercise therapy after severe Covid-19
Frontiers in Immunology
exercise
immune phenotype
long covid
cancer
decentralized
title Case Report: Decentralized trial of tolerability-adapted exercise therapy after severe Covid-19
title_full Case Report: Decentralized trial of tolerability-adapted exercise therapy after severe Covid-19
title_fullStr Case Report: Decentralized trial of tolerability-adapted exercise therapy after severe Covid-19
title_full_unstemmed Case Report: Decentralized trial of tolerability-adapted exercise therapy after severe Covid-19
title_short Case Report: Decentralized trial of tolerability-adapted exercise therapy after severe Covid-19
title_sort case report decentralized trial of tolerability adapted exercise therapy after severe covid 19
topic exercise
immune phenotype
long covid
cancer
decentralized
url https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2025.1529385/full
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