Frailty Assessment Among Kidney Transplant Candidates on the Waiting List
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Frailty
- Sponsor
- Parc de Salut Mar
- Enrollment
- 500
- Primary Endpoint
- Biomarkers of frailty among KT candidates
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Frailty is common among chronic kidney disease patients who are on the kidney transplant (KT) waiting list.
The aim of this study is to assess frailty according to different frailty tools among KT candidates and to establish potential biomarkers of frailty.
Detailed Description
This is an observational study where KT candidates will be assessed for frailty according to: * Frailty Fried Phenotype and * FRAIL scale Sociodemographics and clinical variables will be collected and serum samples will be obtained in order to implement further studies regarding biomarkers of frailty..
Investigators
M José Pérez Sáez
Principal Investigator
Parc de Salut Mar
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •KT candidates accepted for the KT waiting list
Exclusion Criteria
- •No willing for participating
- •Difficulty in understanding Spanish or English
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Biomarkers of frailty among KT candidates
Time Frame: 2015-2020
Serum samples for biomarkers
Prevalence of frailty among KT candidates
Time Frame: 2015-2020
Prevalence of frailty according FRIED and FRAIL scale