Preoperative Prehabilitation in Patients Planned for Liver Transplantation
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorErasmus Medical Center
About this trial
The objective of this study is to determine the feasibility and effectiveness of a home-based multimodal prehabilitation program in patients anticipated to be waitlisted for LT. Patients will participate in an eight week prehabilitation program consisting of physical exercise, nutritional support, smoking cessation and psychological counselling.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age ≥18 years,
Anticipated waitlisting for LT,
Speaks the Dutch language,
Understands the purpose of the study and has given written informed consent.
Disqualifiers
Experienced a major adverse cardiovascular event in the past six months,
Experienced a cerebrovascular incident in the past six months,
Medical history of an uncontrolled heart rhythm disorder,
Hepatic encephalopathy grade 3 or 4,
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Prehabilitation program
Treatment groups
60 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Erasmus Medical Center
Lead sponsor
Rijndam Revalidatiecentrum
Collaborator
Capri Hartrevalidatie
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov