CC BY licenseGreenwood, Sharlene A.Koufaki, PelagiaMacdonald, JamieBhandari, SunilBurton, JamesDasgupta, IndranilFarrington, KennethFord, IanKalra, Philip A.Kean, SharonKumwenda, MickMacdougall, Iain C.Messow, Claudia-MartinaMitra, SandipReid, ChanteSmith, Alice C.Taal, Maarten W.Thomson, Peter C.Wheeler, David C.White, ClaireYaqoob, MagdiMercer, Tom2021-08-262021-08-262021-05-30Greenwood, S. A., Koufaki, P., Macdonald, J., Bhandari, S., Burton, J., Dasgupta, I., Farrington, K., Ford, I., Kalra, P. A., Kean, S., Kumwenda, M., Macdougall, I. C., Messow, C.-M., Mitra, S. Reid, C., Smith, A. C., Taal, M. W., Thomson, P. C., Wheeler, D. C., White, C., Yaqoob, M. & Mercer, T. (2021) Randomized Trial—PrEscription of intraDialytic exercise to improve quAlity of Life in Patients Receiving Hemodialysis. Kidney International Reports, 6(8), pp. 2159-2170.2468-0249https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2021.05.034https://eresearch.qmu.ac.uk/handle/20.500.12289/11455Pelagia Koufaki - ORCID: 0000-0002-1406-3729 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1406-3729Tom Mercer - ORCID: 0000-0002-5078-4769 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5078-4769Introduction: Whether clinically implementable exercise interventions in people receiving hemodialysis (HD) therapy improve health-related quality of life (HRQoL) remains unknown. The PrEscription of intraDialytic exercise to improve quAlity of Life (PEDAL) study evaluated the clinical benefit and costeffectiveness of a 6-month intradialytic exercise program.Methods: In a multicenter, single-blinded, randomized, controlled trial, people receiving HD were randomly assigned to (i) intradialytic exercise training (exercise intervention group [EX]) and (ii) usual care (control group [CON]). Primary outcome was change in Kidney Disease Quality of Life Short-Form Physical Component Summary (KDQOL-SF 1.3 PCS) from baseline to 6 months. Cost-effectiveness was determined using health economic analysis; physiological impairment was evaluated by peak oxygen uptake; and harms were recorded.Results: We randomized 379 participants; 335 and 243 patients (EX n ¼ 127; CON n ¼ 116) completed baseline and 6-month assessments, respectively. Mean difference in change PCS from baseline to 6 months between EX and CON was 2.4 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.1 to 4.8) arbitrary units (P ¼ 0.055); no improvements were observed in peak oxygen uptake or secondary outcome measures. Participants in the intervention group had poor compliance (47%) and poor adherence (18%) to the exercise prescription. Cost of delivering intervention ranged from US$598 to US$1092 per participant per year. The number of participants with harms was similar between EX (n ¼ 69) and CON (n ¼ 56). A primary limitation was the lack of an attention CON. Many patients also withdrew from the study or were too unwell to complete all physiological outcome assessments.Conclusions: A 6-month intradialytic aerobic exercise program was not clinically beneficial in improving HRQoL as delivered to this cohort of deconditioned patients on HD.2159-2170enhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Chronic Kidney DiseasePhysical ActivityPhysical FunctionRehabilitationArticle(c) 2021 International Society of Nephrology