High-intensity Training Safely Improves Exercise Capacity in Heart, Lung, Kidney, and Liver Transplant Recipients: a Comparative Study

Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven42 enrolled

Overview

The investigators will investigate whether high-intensity exercise training can safely improve physical performance in long-term stable heart, kidney, lung, and liver transplant recipients. Adult transplant recipients will participate in Transplantoux, a 6-month individualized home- and group-based training program, with the goal to cycle the Mont Ventoux in France. The investigators will do cardiopulmonary exercise testing : maximal oxygen consumption, maximal power and BMI.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Physical Activity After Organ Transplantation

Interventions

High-intensity training

6-month individualized home- and group-based training program with the goal to cycle the Mont Ventoux in France

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * minimum post-transplant period of 6 months * no acute rejection during the immediately preceding 6 months Exclusion Criteria: * patients with cardiovascular or orthopedic contra-indications for intensive physical exercise

Locations (1)

UZLeuven

Leuven, Belgium

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

VO2max

Maximal oxygen consumption

Time frame: 6 months after start training

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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