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ArticleBlood advances2026

HCT Pre-App program: a telemedicine-based prehabilitation for allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant candidates.

Raquel Sarahí Salinas Gonzalez, Laia Guardia, Berta Solé, Cristina Moreno, Noemi de Llobet, Enric Cascos, Julia Martinez-Sanchez, Maribel Díaz-Ricart, Enric Carreras, Maite Antonio and 8 more

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Raquel Sarahí Salinas GonzalezPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0009-0003-0636-7823
Laia GuardiaHematopoietic Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Cancer and Blood Diseases, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0009-0006-8475-0643
Berta SoléHematopoietic Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Cancer and Blood Diseases, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0009-0005-7568-1749
Cristina MorenoHematopoietic Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Cancer and Blood Diseases, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0009-0001-7025-9216
Noemi de LlobetHematopoietic Transplantation Unit, Hematology Department, Institute of Cancer and Blood Diseases, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Enric CascosCardiology Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9093-3642
Julia Martinez-SanchezFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5934-7912
Maribel Díaz-RicartFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1122-0052
Enric CarrerasFundació i Institut de Reserca Josep Carreras Contra la Leucèmia, Barcelona, Spain.
Maite AntonioGeriatric-Oncology Unit, Institute of Cancer and Blood Diseases, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7611-8529
María Suárez-LledóFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Laura RosiñolFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2534-9239
Concepción ClosaPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0009-0003-3405-3522
Raquel SebioPhysical Medicine and Rehabilitation Department, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7167-4737
Carmen MartínezFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8401-7306
Francesc Fernández-AvilésFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3733-590X
Montserrat RoviraFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
María Queralt SalasFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4567-3682

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Abstract

abstractFrailty has emerged as a key component of allo-HCT candidate assessment and is closely associated with transplant outcomes. Exercise-based prehabilitation may improve transplant candidacy, yet real-world implementation is limited. Our institution implemented a structured Frailty Program (FP) to assess frailty and introduce prehabilitation interventions. This study describes the program's evolution and evaluates the impact of prehabilitation. Between April 2021 and April 2025, 185 consecutive allo-HCT candidates were included in 3 sequential FP phases. In the first phase (No-Prehab, n = 76), patients underwent frailty assessment only. In the second phase (Pilot-Prehab, n = 59), patients received a home-based, nonsupervised prehabilitation program. In the third phase (Tele-Prehab, n = 50), patients participated in the HCT Pre-App Program, a structured digital telemedicine intervention supervised by rehabilitation physicians. Frailty was assessed at first consultation and HCT admission using the HCT Frailty Scale. Median prehabilitation duration was 6 weeks. Adherence was high across frailty groups (76%-88%), with no adverse events. Prehabilitation improved frailty status: fit patients increased from 22% to 42% in the Pilot-Prehab cohort (P = .009) and from 34% to 56% in the Tele-Prehab cohort (P = .001). Tele-Prehab independently increased the odds of being fit at admission (odds ratio [OR], 3.86; P = .001) and reduced frailty incidence (OR, 0.17; P = .031). One-year OS and NRM were comparable across cohorts (OS, 74.5%, 84.5%, and 78.1%; P = .367) with a trend toward lower NRM among prehabilitated patients (NRM, 14.6%, 5.1%, and 5.6%; P = .075). Frailty is dynamic in allo-HCT candidates, and results support how home-based digital prehabilitation improves fitness before transplantation.

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FrailtyHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationTelemedicineAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedTransplantation, Homologous

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PMCPMC13053840

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