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Prehab and Creatine/Whey Supplementation in Frailty Among Patients With Cirrhosis

NCT07029243 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2026-03-06

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Summary

Frailty and muscle health are important for patients with chronic liver disease. This study looks at the use of a digital prehabilitation app (HEAL-ME) plus creatine and whey protein combination supplementation on maintaining muscle health in patients with liver disease. The investigators anticipate that this combination of supplementation and nutrition/exercise prehabilitation app will maintain muscle health in patients with liver disease.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

HEAL-ME digital app

HEAL-ME is a digital prehabilitation app that provides semi-guided nutrition/exercise prehabilitation

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Creatine supplementation

Patients will take 5g creatine supplementation daily for 13 weeks

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Whey protein supplementation

Patients will take 35g whey protein supplementation daily

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Placebo

Patients will be administered daily placebo supplementation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-04-30
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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