The Kidney BEAM Trial

Summary

This is a multi-centre single-blind waitlist randomised controlled trial (RCT) that will examine the clinical value and cost-effectiveness of an online physical and emotional wellbeing resource for the improvement of health-related quality of life in people with CKD.

Physical inactivity and poor mental health are very real concerns for people living with kidney disease, and they report multiple symptoms that impact upon the physical component of health-related quality of life (HRQoL). A decrease in the physical component of HRQoL is independently associated with mortality and morbidity. In people living with end stage kidney disease (ESKD), systematic reviews indicate that a range of exercise training interventions improve physical function and alleviate disability symptoms. The physical component of HRQoL can be targeted with interventions to enhance physical activity, however people living with kidney disease are still not routinely offered specialist physical activity or mental health support in the NHS. Kidney Beam is a new wellbeing digital health intervention platform that was developed, and launched, to help people with kidney disease manage their physical and mental health through the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, resulting lockdown and beyond. It involves a digital health intervention platform to support people with health conditions to stay physically active. Patients will have access to live-on demand or recorded physical activity classes that they will use for 12 weeks with 2 sessions per week.

The study aims to recruit 304 patients.

Conditions

• Chronic Kidney Diseases

Interventions

OTHER

Kidney Beam Online Platform

Kidney Beam is a wellbeing digital health intervention platform that offers patients living with kidney disease a way to improve their physical activity and boost their mental health through live and on demand movement classes and expert educational videos, while remaining in their own home. Kidney Beam is led by specialist kidney professionals, including renal physiotherapists and renal counsellors, from a number of different NHS Trusts and backgrounds, as well as people living with kidney disease.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Bangor University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Portsmouth

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Leicester

  collaborator OTHER

• Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

  collaborator OTHER_GOV

• University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust

  collaborator OTHER

• Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

  collaborator OTHER

• King's College Hospital NHS Trust

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Sharlene Greenwood, Dr · Kings College Hospital NHS Trust

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

SINGLE

Model

SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2021-04-21

Primary Completion

2023-09-30

Completion

2023-09-30

Countries

• United Kingdom

Study Locations