Preparing for Kidney Transplant by Attaining a Healthy Weight (FFC)

The University of Chicago

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Kidney Transplant

Treatments

Dietary Supplement: Diet Plan

Other: Exercise

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02986243

IRB15-1593

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if an assigned physical fitness program will result in weight loss to prepare patients for kidney transplant.

Full description

The goal of this study is to prepare subjects for kidney transplant. Patients who are in need of a kidney transplant but are unable to be place on the wait list due to weight will be enrolled in a six month workout program. The workout program will consist of counseling from a registered dietician, personal training from certified trainers and constant health monitoring.

Enrollment

10 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adult patients over 18 years of age and older but less than 65
All patients who are currently listed as "inactive" on the University of Chicago kidney transplant wait list
Those with a body mass index of 40-44
Those with access to the Internet
Have transportation to the fitness center (Formula Fitness Center at Union Station location)

Exclusion criteria

Those patients who are listed "inactive" on the wait-list due to co-morbid conditions other than obesity
Those who are unwilling to attend fitness center appointments
Those who do not have adequate transportation to the fitness center
Those who do not have access to the Internet
Those who are not comfortable navigating and using the Internet