ACTRN12618000724279.

Study name	Evaluation of the effectiveness of home‐base physical training in patients undergoing haemodialysis
Methods	Study design RCT Duration of follow‐up: 6 months
Participants	Study characteristics Country: Poland Setting: not reported Inclusion criteria Adults suffering from ESKD, treated by HD for at least 3 months No contraindications to physical training Giving informed written consent Exclusion criteria Lack of logical contact
Interventions	Intervention group Home‐based physical training with recommended frequency 3 times/week on days without dialysis treatment. Every training session lasts 30 minutes (3 times at 10‐minute intervals) Control group Non‐training group Co‐interventions Not reported
Outcomes	Planned outcomes Fatigue Borg scale (Rate of Perceived Exertion scale) (≤ 3 on 0‐10 scale): after 6 months FACIT Fatigue Scale: after 6 months Assessment of exercise tolerance: after 6 months Functional fitness Fullerton Test: after 6 months Quality of life KDQOL‐SF TM: after 6 months Physical function 6MWT: after 6 months Peripheral BP: after 6 months Physical activity IPAQ: after 6 months BIA: after 6 months Independence in activities of daily living Katz index: after 6 months Independence of instrumental activities of daily living Lawton Index: after 6 months Hand grip strength: after 6 months Lower extremities strength Sit to Stand to Sit Test: after 6 months Change in rheologic properties of blood composite of AI‐ aggregation of RBC index: after 6 months EI‐ elongation of RBC index: after 6 months Change in biochemical profile composite of tNO3, fibrinogen and Irisin: after 6 months Haematological parameters (Hb, HCT, erythrocytes leukocyte count platelet count): after 6 months Assessment of heart structure and function (mitral valve medium and maximum pressure gradient, E/A ratio, right ventricular systolic pressure, left ventricular end‐systolic and end‐systolic diameter, intra‐ventricular septal thickness (IVS) during systole and diastole, left ventricular posterior wall during systole and diastole, left and right atrial size: after 6 months Levels of calcium, phosphorous, potassium, sodium, albumin, urea, creatinine: after 6 months
Starting date	August 2015
Contact information	Katarzyna Chojak‐Fijalka Phone: +48 683 11 24 Email: katarzyna.chojak@awf.krakow.pl
Notes	ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: ACTRN12618000724279. Funding: University of Physical Education in Cracow. Recruitment status: completed