Prehabilitation for Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Gastrointestinal Cancer; Gastrointestinal cancer Surgery; Physical inactivity; Cancer - Bowel - Anal; Cancer - Bowel - Back passage (rectum) or large bowel (colon); Cancer - Bowel - Small bowel (duodenum and ileum); Cancer - Liver; Cancer - Oesophageal (gullet); Cancer - Pancreatic; Cancer - Stomach

• Registration Number: ACTRN12620000409976
• Lead Sponsor: Concord Repatriation General Hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-03-27
• Study Completion: 2022-02-23
• Last Update Posted: 5 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 77

Inclusion Criteria

•Aged at least 18 years.
•Pre-operative clinical staging confirmed stage I-III colorectal or upper GI cancer, or limited stage IV CRC (e.g. limited liver metastases planned for resection) or upper GI cancer that is potentially curable with surgery.
•Elective colorectal cancer or upper gastrointestinal resection scheduled greater than 14 days after time of referral to study.
•Medical clearance for exercise.
•Willing to attend supervised exercise sessions 1-2 per week until surgery.
•European Co-operative Oncology Group (ECOG)26 performance status of 0-2.
•Willing to complete patient-reported outcome questionnaires and exercise/dietary logs.
•Willing to take prescribed high protein supplements until surgery.
•Agreeable to follow up for 30-days post-surgery.

Exclusion Criteria

•Unable to do exercise or take nutritional supplement for physical or medical reasons.
•Unable to give informed consent or follow instructions due to cognitive difficulties.
•Currently undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy or radiotherapy. (Patients will be eligible for participation on completion of neoadjuvant chemo/radiotherapy providing there is at least 14 days before surgery).

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified