Squeeze your way to better dialysis: handgrip training boosts fistula success
NCT ID NCT04034433
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether doing handgrip exercises before and after surgery can improve the size and function of dialysis fistulas in people with advanced kidney disease. 40 patients participated, and the main goal was to see if the fistula diameter increased. The approach is simple and non-invasive, aiming to reduce the high failure rate of these essential blood access points.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2019
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients older than 18 years * with chronic kidney disease (Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) \<30 milliLiter/minute (mL/min)) * with follow-up at the University Hospital of Lyon Sud * who choose hemodialysis as renal replacement therapy Exclusion Criteria: * contraindication for arteriovenous fistula (AVF) surgery * refusing AVF creation * prior vascular access * antecedent of IV substance abuse * active cancer * inability to perform handgrip exercise * physical or mental disability limiting follow-up possibility * inclusion in an other interventional study * no social welfare
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Service de néphrologie, dialyse et nutrition rénale - Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud
Pierre-Bénite, 69310, France
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