Handgrip Exercise Training and CKD
50
about 1.9 years
45–85
1 site in GA
What this study is about
Researchers are testing if regular handgrip exercise performed at home can improve blood pressure in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The trial also aims to understand why blood pressure increases during exercise in these patients. Participants will perform the exercise training at home for 8 weeks.
Simplified from trial records by PatientMatch.
What you may be asked to do
- 1.Use Isometric handgrip exercise training
- 2.Use Sham Training
Participation Burden
What's physically and logistically required of participants.
Requires travel to a study site
How treatment is administered
You may get a placebo/standard care, and you won't know which.
Extracted study details
Pulled from the trial record to show what is being tested and what the study is measuring.
Primary: Change in resting blood pressure (BP)
Secondary: Change in Inflammatory markers: C-Reactive Protein (CRP), Change in Inflammatory markers: Interleukin-6 (IL-6), Change in heart rate reactivity to cold pressor test (CPT), Change in heart rate reactivity to handgrip exercise
Renal