NCT03314376

Prehabilitation in Patients on a Waiting List for a Transplant

Individualized Prehabilitation Program for Patients on a Waiting List for a Transplant.

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Malaga · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years – 90 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to prove the effects of a individualized prehabilitation program (muscular strength and endurance) in patients in a waiting list for a transplant. The investigators want to see if patients that did a prehabilitation program have better results in the postoperative period.

Detailed description

Some characteristics of the fragile people, like as sarcopenia, are related with worse results after a transplant. Increasing the cardiorespiratory fitness with an exercise program during the preoperative period has shown improvements in patients after a surgery. It is produced a decreased in his functions, including a loss of muscle mass. Prehabilitation is a exercise program before a surgery. This program will improve the patient's starting functional status and therefore recovery. Physical activity is one of the most powerful predictors of mortality risk. Several studies say that a improved cardiorespiratory fitness by exercise before a surgery has a great impact in the patients after the intervention in short and long term.

Conditions

• Transplant Dysfunction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Prehabilitation program	The intervention will be an 6-week program of individualized physiotherapy strength and muscular endurance with aerobic training, led by physiotherapists in groups of 8-10 participants. Each program will be individualized based on the evaluations of muscular strength and endurance as well as determination of aerobic-anaerobic zone transition described in previous studies In sessions of one hour 3 times a week. Each session will consist of 30 minutes of exercises performed on land followed by 20 minutes of continuous running in treadmill. In week 1 and 2 participants carry out 3 sets of 15 repetitions (reps) to become familiar with the exercises. From week 3 onwards participants will perform 4 sets of 10 reps. If the participant can do more than 12 reps, weight will be increased. All exercises are conducted supervised to ensure proper technique and adequate progression.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-01-02
• Primary completion: 2024-01-02
• Completion: 2024-12-01
• First posted: 2017-10-19
• Last updated: 2024-06-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain