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Precision exercise in older adults with early Alzheimer's disease: The study protocol of the FIT-AD Sequential, Multiple Assignment, Randomized Trial (SMART).
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Precision Medicine in Alzheimer's Disease: A SMART Trial of Adaptive Exercises and Their Mechanisms of Action Using AT(N) Biomarkers to Optimize Aerobic-Fitness Responses (The FIT-AD SMART Trial)
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2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Exercise as a Programmable Regulator of Mitophagy Sensitivity in Aging Muscle and Age-Related Disease.IUBMB life · 2026Review
- Shear-Calibrated High-Intensity Interval Training to Promote Endothelial Autophagy and Delay Vascular Senescence: A Biomarker-Guided Approach.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
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Abstract
backgroundAerobic exercise is promising for preventing Alzheimer's disease (AD) and AD-related dementia (ADRD), but exercise trials have shown mixed results. An important, understudied factor potentially contributing to mixed results is individual differences in aerobic fitness responses to moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT). This trial will test the effects and mechanisms of 6 months of aerobic exercise tailored on aerobic fitness response to MICT in community-dwelling older adults with early symptomatic AD. We aim to (I) test the effects of aerobic exercise on aerobic fitness, white matter hyperintensity volume (WMHv), and patient-centered outcomes in older adults with early symptomatic AD; (II) determine the best exercise to improve aerobic fitness and reduce non-responses over 6 months; and (III) examine the mechanisms of aerobic exercise's action on cognition.
methodsThis stage II trial is a Sequential, Multiple Assignment, Randomized Trial (SMART). The hypothesis is that MICT augmented with high-intensity interval training (HIIT) or combined aerobic and resistance exercise (CARE) will improve aerobic fitness, WMHv, and AD/ADRD plasma biomarkers. This trial will enroll 108 dyads (participants and their study partners). Participants (n = 108) are randomized using a 2:1 allocation ratio to 3-month MICT or 6-month stretching control. After the initial 3-month intervention period for participants assigned to MICT, aerobic fitness is measured with peak oxygen consumption (VO DISCUSSION: Individual differences in VO
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT05877196. Registered on May 25, 2023.
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