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Completed Not applicable Interventional

Resistance Training During Maintenance Dialysis

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00363961

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Brief summary

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There is a rising incidence of kidney failure in the US, with poor outcomes and high cost. End-stage renal disease (ESRD) affects almost 375,000 individuals in the US at a cost of more than $14 billion per year. Despite advances in dialysis and transplantation therapies, kidney failure leads to poor outcomes, poor prognosis and high health care costs. Malnutrition and the underlying systemic inflammatory response developed during the course of chronic kidney disease, worsen during ESRD, and lead to adverse outcomes, increased morbidity and mortality. Muscle wasting, impaired functional capacity and poor quality of life are the most important factors associated with malnutrition and inflammation in renal failure. We have shown in pre dialysis patients with moderate chronic renal insufficiency that the anabolic effects of resistance exercise training result in significant improvements in protein utilization, nutritional status and functional capacity even in the context of anorexia and prescribed low protein diets. Therefore, we propose to develop, test and implement a progressive resistance exercise routine for ESRD patients during the hemodialysis session. By implementing such intervention, we hope to offer a therapeutic strategy that can be incorporated to the standard of care of ESRD patients by working in conjunction with the dialysis unit staff.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00363961
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Not applicable
Lead sponsor
Tufts University
Other
Enrollment
51 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Behavioral

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
30 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
Healthy volunteers
Healthy volunteers not accepted

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Study timeline

Start date
Mar 31, 2004
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2007
Completion
Jul 31, 2007
Last update posted
Dec 9, 2009

2004 – 2007

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University Boston Massachusetts 02111

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