Remote vs In-Person Prehabilitation for Kidney Transplant Candidates

Sponsor
Hospital Clinic of Barcelona
Study ID
NCT07701382
Status
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Conditions

  • Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
  • Frailty
  • Kidney Transplant
  • Prehabilitation

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • In-Person Multimodal Prehabilitation — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants will receive an 8-week supervised multimodal prehabilitation program including moderate-to-high intensity aerobic exercise, strength training, mobility, and balance exercises performed three times per week at the hospital gym under physiotherapist supervision. The intervention also includes individualized nutritional counseling focused on optimization of protein-energy status and prevention of sarcopenia, as well as psychological support aimed at motivation and stress management. After the supervised phase, participants will continue with a personalized community-based physical activity program until kidney transplantation.
  • Remote Multimodal Prehabilitation — BEHAVIORAL
    Participants will receive an 8-week remote multimodal prehabilitation program including supervised online exercise sessions performed three times per week through the Surgifit® digital platform. The exercise program includes aerobic exercise, strength training, mobility, and balance exercises adapted to the participant's functional status. Participants will also receive individualized nutritional counseling and psychological support focused on motivation and stress management. After the supervised phase, participants will continue with a personalized community-based physical activity program until kidney transplantation.

Study Details

Patients with advanced chronic kidney disease awaiting deceased-donor kidney transplantation frequently experience progressive functional decline, frailty, reduced mobility, and poor quality of life while on the transplant waiting list. Although multimodal prehabilitation programs based on exercise, nutritional optimization, and psychological support have shown promising benefits in major surgery, their implementation in kidney transplant candidates remains limited due to barriers related to accessibility, fatigue, transportation, and treatment burden. This randomized single-center clinical trial aims to evaluate the feasibility, adherence, and effectiveness of a multimodal prehabilitation program in patients awaiting deceased-donor kidney transplantation, comparing an in-person supervised model with a remote home-based model supported by a digital platform. The primary outcome will be the change in functional capacity measured by the 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT). Secondary outcomes include physical activity level, frailty, nutritional status, kidney disease-specific quality of life (KDQOL-36), postoperative recovery quality (QoR-15), postoperative complications, and program adherence. The study seeks to generate clinically applicable evidence regarding the implementation and scalability of remote prehabilitation strategies in patients with advanced chronic kidney disease, with the potential to improve accessibility, sustainability, and perioperative outcomes in kidney transplantation.

Key Dates

First listed
Jul 14, 2026
Start date
Jul 31, 2026
Status verified
May 2026
Primary completion
May 31, 2028
Completion
May 31, 2029

Study Design

Enrollment
84 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

  • Experimental: In-Person Multimodal Prehabilitation
    Behavioral: In-Person Multimodal Prehabilitation
  • Experimental: Remote Multimodal Prehabilitation
    Behavioral: Remote Multimodal Prehabilitation

Primary Outcome Measure

Change in functional capacity measured by the 6-Minute Walk Test (6MWT) [ Time Frame: Baseline and 8 weeks ]

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