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CompletedNCT03621176HBCKD-BCNUpdated Feb 27, 2019

Home-based Exercise in Chronic Kidney Disease

An interventional study of Home-based exercise in Chronic Kidney Disease and End-stage Renal Disease, sponsored by Cardenal Herrera University. Completed at 1 site in Spain. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-02-27.

Sponsored by Cardenal Herrera University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
57
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

A home-based exercise program will be implemented in three different groups of participants: advanced chronic kidney disease, end-stage renal disease in substitutive treatment hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis. Participants will be evaluated before the program, after 3 months and after 6 months from the starting of the program. During the first 3 months the researcher will phone them weekly to reinforce the exercise habit, and during the last three months, there will be no reinforcement. Assessment will include strength, functional capacity, health-related quality of life and depressive symptoms.

Read the detailed description

Three groups of participants (advanced chronic disease not yet in substitutive treatment, end-stage renal disease patients in hemodialysis and end-stage renal disease patients in peritoneal dialysis) will enter the study. The intervention will consist of a home-based exercise program. They will be provided with a booklet and the researcher will explain personally each of the exercises to the participants. Progression will be encouraged so that the participants should find the sessions 'somewhat hard' according to the rate of perceived exertion. Reinforcement will be high during the first 3 months (weekly phone calls, visits to the nephrology department) and none during the last 3 months. Assessment will be undertaken at three-time points: baseline, after 3 months of high reinforcement and after 3 more months of no reinforcement at all.

Assessment will include strength, functional capacity, health-related quality of life, cognitive state and depressive symptoms.

The aim of the study is to assess the effectiveness of home-based exercise to improve strength, physical function, health-related quality of life, cognitive state and depressive symptoms in advanced chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease (hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis). We also aim at describing all these variables in the three different groups of patients. Adherence and satisfaction with the exercise program will be recorded at the end of the study.

Additionally, interobserver reliability will be calculated, so as reliability intraobserver in different measurement conditions (dialysis vs non-dialysis days).

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Conditions studied

  • Chronic Kidney Disease
  • End-stage Renal Disease

Keywords

  • Exercise
  • Health-related quality of life
  • Physical function
  • Hemodialysis
  • Peritoneal dialysis
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In context

Kidney Diseases

3,840 studies on the registry are indexed under Kidney Diseases; 500 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 57 is below the median of 70 across 2,640 interventional studies indexed under Kidney Diseases.

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Lead sponsor

Cardenal Herrera University is the lead sponsor of 104 studies on the registry; 23 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • At least 3 months in hemodialysis treatment
  • Clinically stable

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Recent cardiac events (less than 3 months)
  • Unable to exercise
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
57 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Home-based exercise

    Home-based intervention in the advanced chronic kidney disease group, hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis group

    Other: Home-based exercise

Interventions

  • OtherHome-based exercise

    A booklet with detailed information will be provided, and the exercises will be previously reviewed with every patient by the researcher. Participants will be encouraged to perform at least 3 sessions per week and monitor their heart rate. They will be instructed that the exercises should be perceived as 'somewhat hard' from a rate of perceived exertion. Adaptations to increase the intensity of the exercises will be provided so that participants can progress in exercise intensity

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline sit to stand 10 test at 12 and 24 weeks

    Sit to stand to sit test 10, time to perform 10 repetitions

    Time frame: Baseline,1 week, non-dialysis day baseline,12 weeks, 24 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline Six-minute walking test at 12 and 24 weeks

    Distance covered in 6 minutes

    Time frame: Baseline,1 week, non-dialysis day baseline,12 weeks, 24 weeks

  2. Change from baseline STS-60 at 12 and 24 weeks

    Sit to stand to sit test 60, number of repetitions performed during 60 seconds

    Time frame: Baseline,1 week, non-dialysis day baseline,12 weeks, 24 weeks

  3. Change from baseline OLHR at 12 and 24 weeks

    One leg heel rise test, number of repetitions of heel rise to measure triceps strength

    Time frame: Baseline,1 week, non-dialysis day baseline,12 weeks, 24 weeks

  4. Change from baseline Handgrip strength (dynamometry) at 12 and 24 weeks

    Handgrip strength measured through a dynamometer

    Time frame: Baseline,1 week, non-dialysis day baseline,12 weeks, 24 weeks

  5. Change from baseline SPPB at 12 and 24 weeks

    Short physical performance battery, a combination of walking speed, STS-5 and balance

    Time frame: Baseline,1 week, non-dialysis day baseline,12 weeks, 24 weeks

  6. Change from baseline OLST at 12 and 24 weeks

    One-leg stand test, time to keep the balance in one leg

    Time frame: Baseline,1 week, non-dialysis day baseline,12 weeks, 24 weeks

  7. Change from baseline TUG at 12 and 24 weeks

    Timed up and go test, time to stand up from a chair, walk 3m, turn around and sit back again

    Time frame: Baseline,1 week, non-dialysis day baseline,12 weeks, 24 weeks

  8. Change from baseline Albumin at 12 and 24 weeks

    Serum albumin in blood for dialysis patients

    Time frame: Baseline,12 weeks, 24 weeks

  9. Change from baseline Health-related quality of life measured through the Euro quality of life questionnaire, 5 dimensions, at 12 and 24 weeks

    Euroquol 5D questionnaire, scale 0 (worst health) to 100 (best health). 5 Dimensions include mobility, personal care, activities of daily living, pain, and anxiety/depression

    Time frame: Baseline,12 weeks, 24 weeks

  10. Change from baseline Beck depression inventory at 12 and 24 weeks

    Questionnaire to measure depressive symptoms. Range from 0 (normal) to 63 (worst depression)

    Time frame: Baseline,12 weeks, 24 weeks

  11. Change from baseline Human activity profile at 12 and 24 weeks Human activity profile

    Questionnaire to measure physical activity. Higher score represents higher activity. Measures of average and maximal activity scores are reported. Average activity scores bellow 53 are considered impaired; between 53 and 74 are considered moderately active and above 74 are considered active.

    Time frame: Baseline,12 weeks, 24 weeks

  12. Change from baseline Physical Activity Scale for the elderly at 12 and 24 weeks

    Questionnaire to measure physical activity. Higher scores represent higher activity.

    Time frame: Baseline,12 weeks, 24 weeks

  13. Adherence

    Sessions performed/offered x 100

    Time frame: 12 weeks, 24 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • Hospital de Terrassa
    Terrassa, Barcelona 08227, Spain
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References and documents

Publications

  • Esteve Simo V, Junque Jimenez A, Moreno Guzman F, Carneiro Oliveira J, Fulquet Nicolas M, Pou Potau M, Saurina Sole A, Duarte Gallego V, Tapia Gonzalez I, Ramirez de Arellano M. Benefits of a low intensity exercise programme during haemodialysis sessions in elderly patients. Nefrologia. 2015;35(4):385-94. doi: 10.1016/j.nefro.2015.03.006. Epub 2015 Jul 21. English, Spanish. PubMed 26306966 ↗
  • Segura-Orti E, Martinez-Olmos FJ. Test-retest reliability and minimal detectable change scores for sit-to-stand-to-sit tests, the six-minute walk test, the one-leg heel-rise test, and handgrip strength in people undergoing hemodialysis. Phys Ther. 2011 Aug;91(8):1244-52. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20100141. Epub 2011 Jun 30. PubMed 21719637 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 27, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03621176
Lead sponsor
Cardenal Herrera University
Collaborators
Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa. Hospital de Terrassa
Responsible party
Eva Segura Ortí (Professor, Cardenal Herrera University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 8, 2018
Start date
Aug 1, 2018
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2019
Completion
Feb 14, 2019
Last update
Feb 27, 2019

Study contacts

Vicent Esteve-Simó, PhD
study chair · Hospital de Terrassa

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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