Who is sponsoring NCT05295511?

NCT05295511 is sponsored by University Institute of Maia.

What drugs are being tested in NCT05295511?

Interventions in NCT05295511: Recreational Team Handball programme.

What condition does NCT05295511 study?

NCT05295511 studies Healthy Aging.

Is NCT05295511 still recruiting?

NCT05295511 is currently completed. Last updated 6 April 2022.

Last reviewed 2022-04-06 · How we verify

NCT05295511: (H4HM)

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Published: 2026-01-01
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Effects of a Recreational Team Handball-based Programme on Health and Physical Fitness of Middle-aged and Older Men

Completed NA Last updated 6 April 2022

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Recreational Team Handball programme in Healthy Aging in 68 participants. Completed in 12 July 2019.

Timeline

1 December 2017

Primary endpoint
12 July 2019

12 July 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University Institute of Maia
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	68
Start date	1 December 2017
Primary completion	12 July 2019
Estimated completion	12 July 2019
Sites	1 location across Portugal

Drugs / interventions tested

Recreational Team Handball programme

Conditions studied

Healthy Aging — all drugs for Healthy Aging →

Sponsor

University Institute of Maia

Who can join

Adults 50 to 75, male only, with Healthy Aging. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The present study aims at analyzing the dose-response effects of a recreational team handball-based exercise programme on cardiovascular, metabolic, musculoskeletal and physical fitness markers of inactive middle-aged and older men, without previous experience with the sport. The researchers hypothesized a positive weekly training frequency effect on health and physical fitness outcomes.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

Dose-response effect of a recreational team handball-based exercise programme on cardiometabolic health and physical fitness in inactive middle-aged-to-elderly males - a randomised controlled trial.
Carneiro I, Krustrup P, Castagna C, Mohr M, et al · · 2023 · cited 3× · PMID 37162301 · DOI 10.1080/17461391.2023.2213195
Bone health, body composition and physical fitness dose-response effects of 16 weeks of recreational team handball for inactive middle-to-older-aged males - A randomised controlled trial.
Carneiro I, Krustrup P, Castagna C, Pereira R, et al · · 2023 · cited 1× · PMID 37376804 · DOI 10.1080/17461391.2023.2222685

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Verify against primary sources

ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
WHO ICTRP — international registry index
EU Clinical Trials Register
Sponsor press releases (Google)

Data sources for this page

Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05295511 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
Drug + disease cross-links: matched in real time against Drug Landscape's normalised drug + company + condition tables
Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University Institute of Maia
Last refreshed: 6 April 2022

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