Autopsy report · NCT04922710

Physical Exercise for Augmenting Cognitive Health (PEACH)

“The study protocol was not feasible. We made several modifications but halted the study prematurely before we met our target sample size goal.”

The sponsor’s own words in the registry.

Life of this trial

• Registered 7 months before it started.
• Ran for about 1 year 5 months before it stopped.
• 8 participants enrolled.
• Results were posted on the registry 1 year after it ended.

Vital statistics

Status

Terminated

Phase

Early Phase 1

Sponsor

University of Pittsburgh

Sponsor type

University, hospital or other

Conditions

Cognitive Aging; Adverse Childhood Experiences

Interventions

Home-based aerobic exercise

Participants

8

Sites

2

Countries

Jamaica, United States

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Look deeper

• The official registry record (the source of truth)
• Record history: every change the sponsor made
• Open it in the database

Everything here comes from the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. The timeline uses the record’s dates; dates marked planned are the sponsor’s plans. The cause of death is an automatic, unverified label. This is research information, not medical advice.