Clinical Trial: Online Prehabilitation for Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation
Study Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Recruit Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Condition: Cirrhosis, Liver
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: OPAL: Online Prehabilitation for Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation - a Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Physical Frailty and Improve Health Outcomes
Brief Summary:
Physical frailty is common in patients awaiting liver transplantation and has been associated with poor health outcomes.There is promising data from small studies showing that behavioural, nutrition and exercise therapy (prehabilitation) improves physical function in patients while they are waiting for a liver transplant.The proposed trial will assess if a 12-week online prehabilitation program improves physical function in patients listed for liver transplantation.Over 4 years, 221 patients will be recruited from…
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