Exercise Medicine Prior to Open Radical Cystectomy in Adults with Bladder Cancer
- Conditions
- Bladder CancerCancer - BladderPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12621000777897
- Lead Sponsor
- Edith Cowan University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Twenty patients scheduled to undergo RC will be recruited by invitation from their attending Urologist (CI-Professor Hayne and CI-Dr La Bianca). Potential patients will be those with
muscle-invasive bladder cancer (greater than or equal to T2), patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) with atypical pathologic features (e.g., nested variant, micropapillary, etc.) or who prefer upfront cystectomy, those undertaking
salvage cystectomy after failed curative intent treatment with external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and those undergoing chemotherapy prior to surgery.
Exclusion criteria will include musculoskeletal, cardiovascular or neurological conditions that could inhibit patients from exercising.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
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