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Targeted Physical Activity for Debilitated Dialysis Patients

This study is looking at how a specific physical activity program, called GH Method (Muscle Therapy), affects people with kidney disease who are also experiencing frailty or pain. You might be able to join if you are 18 or older, are currently on dialysis, have advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD stage 4 or 5), or have had a kidney transplant, and your healthcare professional considers you clinically debilitated. The main goal is to see how much your physical abilities change after 12 months with this exercise program. The study status is currently unclear.

Study design
This is a randomized study, meaning participants are assigned by chance to either receive the exercise program or not. About 150 participants will be enrolled.
What's involved
If you are in the main study, you would attend two muscle therapy sessions per week for 12 months, each lasting one hour. You would also have health and function tests at the beginning, at 6 months, and at 12 months.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your physical abilities will be measured at 12 months, which is the end of the intervention period.

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NCT06374537

Evaluate the Impact of Targeted Physical Activity on Clinically Debilitated Dialysis Patients.

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalTreatment
University of Illinois at Chicago
~150 participants
Updated 2025-08-14 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Muscle Therapy

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Rate at which subjects will see changes in their physical abilities.
Measured over 12 months

Conditions

Frailty
Pain, Chronic
Dialysis; Complications
Kidney Diseases

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Illinois1

Study leadership

  • Enrico Benedetti · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Illinois at Chicago

Who to contact

Ilaria Santi
[email protected]
312-996-9594
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Clinically debilitated patients, currently on dialysis, or have CKD 4 (GFR between 15 and 29), or have CKD 5 (GFR below 15), or post- kidney transplant (for PPKT Subgroup only) as stated by patient's health care professional.
Adequate cognitive ability to complete the questionnaires, give consent for the study and follow the physical and diet instructions

Exclusion

cardiac/pulmonary disease that contraindicate the physical training
Unable to give consent
Unable to travel to the training center

What this trial measures

  • Rate at which subjects will see changes in their physical abilities.12 months

    Participants will see improvements in their physical abilities after 12 months in the exercise training sessions. This will be assessed by comparing baseline, 6 months, 12 months, using a Short Physical Performance Battery test. This test requires the assessment of walking speed (time to walk 3 meters), a balance test (standing in 3 different positions for 10 seconds each-tandem, semi tandem, and side by side), and the time it takes to sit and stand 5 times in a chair (see above). Scoring is based on a scale of 0-12, lower numbers representing worse performance.