Exercise Intervention in Liver Transplant Candidates

Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Liver Diseases

Treatments: Behavioral: Personalised exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04924595

AUTh65/2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of personalised exercise interventions in liver transplant candidates, aiming to prevent or limit sarcopenia and frailty, as well as improving their cardiorespiratory health.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Liver transplant candidates, accepted in the waiting list of the Surgical Department of Transplantation A.U.Th., General Hospital of Thessaloniki "Ippokratio".

Exclusion criteria

• Recent (<12 months) Acute Myocardial Infraction
• Recent (<12 months) brain strokes
• Uncontrolled and/or untreated arrythmia
• Hepatic encephalopathy
• Bed-bound patient
• Liver Transplantation
• Death

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Regular treatment

No Intervention group

Exercise Intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Personalised exercise