Online Prehabilitation for Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Cirrhosis, Liver
Liver Transplant Surgery
Liver Disease
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
At a Glance
- Age
- 18 and older
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Treatment
- Participants needed
- 177 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta · Other
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About This Trial
Physical frailty is common in patients awaiting liver transplantation and has been associated with poor health outcomes. There is promising data from small studies showing that behavioural, nutrition, exercise therapy (prehabilitation) improves physical function in patients while they are waiting for a liver transplant.
The proposed trial will assess if a 12-week online prehabilitation program im…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
≥18 years old with cirrhosis (confirmed with transient elastography by FibroScan, histology, or imaging-based assessment with compatible clinical picture), referred for transplant and are assessed to have a high likelihood of being listed according to a preliminary review by hep…
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