Taking peopleNo phase
Instructed Home-based Physical Exercise for Patients With Liver Cirrhosis
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Karolinska University Hospital
- Where
- Sweden1 site in 1 countryChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 100 people, planned
- Started
- 16 Aug 2022
- Expected to end
- 31 Dec 2026
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Standard of Care advice on physical activity
- Structured advice on physical activity
- Record updated
- 4 October 2023
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Liver cirrhosis diagnosed with previous clinical assessment and radiology (de-formed liver, noduli, varices, collaterals, splenomegaly >12 cm) or with biopsy (fibrosis grade 4). ICD-code K70.3, K74.6
- MELD < 25
- Understanding the Swedish language
- Signed informed consent
Who cannot take part
- Previously liver transplanted
- Performance status ≥3
- Severe pain which prevents the patient to perform the physical activities, as judged by the attending physician at time of discharge
- Unlikely to be compliant to follow-up (living in other parts of Sweden), as judged by the attending physician at time of discharge
This trial has no sites in United States.
It has sites in one country. Choose a country to see its sites.
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The study will compare two forms of advice regarding physical activity for patients hospitalized with cirrhosis that are preparing for leaving the hospital. One arm consists of current standard of care: simple oral advice on exercise. One arm instead gives patients a structured but simple paper template on physical activity.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Standard of careExisting treatment, for comparison
Oral advice on exercise from a physician.
Treatment: Standard of Care advice on physical activity
- Active interventionTreatment being tested
A leaflet with instructions and images on different forms of physical activities as well as clear recommendations on when to perform these.
Treatment: Structured advice on physical activity
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Record updated
- 4 October 2023