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Impact of Exercise Therapy on Functional Capacity in Patients Listed for Liver Transplantation

NCT02949505 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2020-02-07

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Summary

A UK prospective, single-centre feasibility study investigating the effects of exercise therapy on functional capacity in patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation. Patients will receive a 12-week home prehabilitation program (daily step program; functional resistance exercise sessions; telephone health call or virtual clinic). The following will be assessed at weeks 0, 6 and 12 weeks: feasibility (recruitment, compliance, safety, patients perception), functional capacity (ISWT, SPBT), psychological wellbeing (HADS questionnaire) and quality of life (EQ-5D)

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Home prehabilitation program

12-week exercise therapy using daily step program (accelerometer), functional resistance exercise sessions and telephone/virtual clinic appointments

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

    collaborator OTHER

  • Matthew Armstrong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • James Ferguson, phD · Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Birmingham

  • Felicity Williams · Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Birmingham

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-03-01
Primary Completion
2017-10-01
Completion
2018-08-01

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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