Better Be on Top
- Conditions
- Coloncancer or rectal cancer
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON25416
- Lead Sponsor
- Reinier de Graaf Gasthuis
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 310
Inclusion Criteria
diagnosis of colorectal cancer
- 70 years or older
- non-metastatic disease
- planned for elective surgery
- positive geriatric screening based on the G8 or 6CIT
Exclusion Criteria
- Need for surgery in acute setting
- No need for surgery due to complete tumour remission after chemo-radiation in rectal cancer patients
- Not willing to provide informed consent
- Not able to perform an exercise program; for instance wheelchair-dependent patients or paraplegic patients
- Patients in whom an exercise program is contra-indicated due to severe cardiopulmonary problems, diagnosed by a cardiologist and/or pulmonologist (for example COPD gold IV,unstable coronary artery disease, heart failure or poorly controlled arrhythmias).
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method One-year survival
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Rate of postoperative complications, quality of life and functional capacity (ADL)