Home workouts tested for kidney transplant readiness
NCT ID NCT06089473
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a 12-week virtual exercise and education program is practical for people with end-stage kidney disease who are waiting for a transplant. About 30 participants will either do the program or receive usual care. The main goal is to see if enough people join, stick with it, and complete follow-ups, so researchers can plan a larger future study.
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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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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2024
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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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: * consecutive individuals with end stage kidney disease (ESKD) (aged ≥18 years), classified as pre-frail (1-2 points), frail (3-4 points) or very frail (5 points) on the Fried's frailty phenotype and who are accepted or in the process of being accepted to enter in the deceased or living donor KT waiting list of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montreal (CHUM) or University of Alberta Hospital (UAH) for first-time transplantation or re-transplantation * English or French speakers * is technologically capable of connecting (either independently or through household members/next-of-kin) with an online videoconferencing platform through an e-mail invitation (Patients who do not have access to internet will borrow a tablet with internet for the period of the study) Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals who: * are classified as robust (0 points) on their Fried's frailty phenotype score * are participating in a structured exercise program (hospital-based or home-based or another trial) * are waiting for kidney-pancreas or kidney-liver transplant as those have much longer waiting time * are hospitalized for any reason during the assessment for eligibility * have a cPRA (calculated panel reactive antibodies) \>95% and are on the highly sensitized exchange program and expected to have a prolonged waiting times on the waiting list * are expected to have a transplant before the end of the 12 week-intervention (e.g. individuals who will receive an organ from a living donor or are type A blood * have pre-existing or newly identified significant cognitive impairment * have pre-existing or newly identified cardiac, musculoskeletal, neuropathy or neurological condition that might affect their exercise performance or otherwise render rehabilitation participation unsafe
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre de recherche - Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM)
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, H2X 0A9, Canada
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Research Institute - McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC)
RECRUITINGMontreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada
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