What this means
Researchers plan to test a digital exercise and nutrition app with creatine and whey protein supplements. The study is still recruiting, so no results are available yet.
Plain-English summary written by an AI model from the registry listing.
- Status
- Recruiting
- Who can join
- Ages 18 and over
- Where
- 1 site, including California
The science
- Registered title
- Prehab and Creatine/Whey Supplementation in Frailty Among Patients With Cirrhosis
- Trial ID
- NCT07029243 ↗
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Study type
- interventional
- Conditions
- Cirrhosis, Frailty, Sarcopenia
- What is tested
- HEAL-ME digital app, Creatine supplementation, Whey protein supplementation, Placebo
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
- Ages
- 18 Years to no maximum
- Dates
- First posted Jun 19, 2025 · updated Jul 15, 2026
Registry summary
Frailty and muscle health are important for patients with chronic liver disease. This study looks at the use of a digital prehabilitation app (HEAL-ME) plus creatine and whey protein combination supplementation on maintaining muscle health in patients with liver disease. The investigators anticipate that this combination of supplementation and nutrition/exercise prehabilitation app will maintain muscle health in patients with liver disease.
Sites (1)
- University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States