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Exercise Activity to Improve Mobility in Patients With CKD and PAD
Sponsor: University Hospital of Ferrara
Summary
People affected by chronic kidney disease and concomitant diagnosed peripheral artery disease at intermediate stages, without contraindications to exercise therapy will be invited to participate in the study. Whose providing informed consent, will be randomly assigned to one of two groups: 1. Exercise program receiving two daily 10-minute interval walking sessions at a slow increasing speed. 2. Control group: receiving usual care including optimal medical therapy and nutritional advice. Patients of both groups will be measured at baseline, after the end of the exercise program (6-month) and at follow up (12-month). Outcome measures will include walking ability by the 6-minute walking test (primary outcome) and lower limbs perfusion, body composition, quality of life, laboratory outcomes and long-term hospitalizations.
Official title: EXercise ACTivity to Improve Mobility, Active Behavior and Quality of Life of Chronic Kidney Disease Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease: the EXACTckd-pad Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 80 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
124
Start Date
2024-10-01
Completion Date
2026-12-31
Last Updated
2025-05-31
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
EXERCISE TRAINING WITH OR WITHOUT MEDICATION
Patients enrolled in this group will receive a detailed 6-month exercise prescription aimed at providing in-home low fatiguing walking training (at light-moderate intensity, or 2-3 out of 10 of the CR10 Borg\'s scale). The program consists of a two daily 10-minute interval walking sessions (1 minute walking : 1 minute resting) at a prescribed speed controlled by a digital metronome (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ki8YX\_t-0jA). The training speed will be set up according to the patients baseline walking capacity (approximately 50% lower than the habitual gait speed) and will be weekly increased until reaching the habitual gait speed. The training time will be maintained constant throughout the entire program. Exercise prescription will be updated during two intermediate hospital visits at the 1st and 3rd months. Patients will be provided with a digital application properly developed to keep pacing and to record the correct training execution.
Control (Standard treatment)
Patients enrolled in the Co group will receive standard CKD-PAD care, including optimal medical therapy and nutritional advices
Locations (3)
University Hospital of Ferrara
Ferrara, Italy, Italy
Ospedale Pederzoli Peschiera del Garda
Peschiera del Garda, Italy, Italy
Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli
Reggio Calabria, Italy, Italy