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The effects of 12 weeks home-base exercise training on aerobic capacity, muscle mass and quality of life in patients with liver cirrhosis: A randomized clinical trial

Not Applicable
Conditions
Exercise in cirrhosis
Excercise in cirrhosis&#44
Sarcopenia&#44
quality of life
Registration Number
TCTR20190926002
Lead Sponsor
Siriraj Medical Research Center(SiMR)
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Enrolling by invitation
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria

1. Age 18-65 year old
2. Cirrhosis Child Turcotte Pugh score < 8
- Diagnosis by CT abdomen or MRI abdomen
- Liver biopsy METAVIR = F4
- Transient Elastography > 13 kPa
3 The cause of cirrhosis
- Chronic hepatitis B with HBV DNA viral load < 10 IU/ml)
- Chronic hepatitis C with sustain virological response (SVR)
- Alcoholic cirrhosis with alcohol abstinence for 1 year
- Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis

Exclusion Criteria

1.BMI > 28 kg/m2
2.Esophageal varices(EV) > F2 or history of EV bleeding
3.Gastric varices
4.Coronary artery disease, cardiac arrhythmia, Ejection fraction < 60% or positive exercise stress test (> 1 mm ST segment depression)
5.ESRD on renal replacement therapy
6.Active malignancy within 6 months
7.Myopathy
8.Severe asthma or COPD
9.Hb<11g/dl, Platelet < 50,000 cells/mm3
10.hepatic encephalopathy
11.Grade 3 HT: BP≥180/110 mmHg
12.T2Dm with HbA1C > 7 more than 6 months

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The effects of 12 weeks home&#45;base exercise training on aerobic capacity Before and after 6 minute walk test
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The effects of 12 weeks home&#45;base exercise on muscle mass&#44; portal HT and quality of life before and after US quadricep and circumference Rt leg&#44; QoL questionnaire&#44; fibroscan of liver and spleen
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