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Prehabilitation Closer to Home Study: Novel Evaluation of a Co-designed Pre-habilitation Exercise service for Haematological Cancer Patients Preparing for Bone Marrow Transplantation.

Not Applicable
Conditions
Haematological Cancer
Cancer - Hodgkin's
Cancer - Leukaemia - Acute leukaemia
Cancer - Leukaemia - Chronic leukaemia
Cancer - Lymphoma (non Hodgkin's lymphoma) - High grade lymphoma
Cancer - Lymphoma (non Hodgkin's lymphoma) - Low grade lymphoma
Cancer - Myeloma
Registration Number
ACTRN12624000363583
Lead Sponsor
The University of Melbourne
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot yet recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria

Patient Inclusion Criteria
•Aged 18 years or older
•Awaiting a bone marrow transplant
•Diagnosis of a haematological malignancy
•Able to ambulate independently
•Willing to complete baseline and pre-transplant study related assessments
•Proficient in English to understand exercise testing and training instructions as well as to complete study consent form and questionnaires – or have someone who can assist with this.

Staff Inclusion Criteria (qualitative study only)
•Aged 18 years or older
•Proficient in English to complete study consent form and interview – or have someone who can assist with this.
•Involved in delivery or management of the exercise prehabilitation service for patients with a haematological malignancy during the trial period.

Exclusion Criteria

Patient Exclusion Criteria
•More than one active malignancy, or receiving BMT for non-haematological disease
•Severe or unstable neurological, cardiorespiratory or musculoskeletal disease or mental illness that might compromise ability to perform exercise
•Less than 2 weeks between recruitment and scheduled admission for transplant.

Staff Exclusion criteria (qualitative study only)
•Is a named investigator on the trial. Investigators involved in service delicery can provide feedback during the co-design meeting but will not be invited to participate in the qualitative interviews.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
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