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Pre-operative Prehabilitation in Cancer Surgery - Objective Recovery Assessment

Not Applicable
Conditions
Cancer
Interventions
Other: Standard care
Other: Prehabilitation
Registration Number
NCT05270577
Lead Sponsor
Linkoeping University
Brief Summary

To compare prehabilitation with physical exercise, psychological support, nutritional support and smoke/alchol stop to "standard of care" before canceer surgery.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
90
Inclusion Criteria

Patients, aged 18 or older, who have been evaluated as eligible for surgery for malignancy in the esophagus, rectum or liver (only metastases from colorectal cancer) will be evaluated for participation.

Exclusion Criteria
  • Surgery is scheduled in less than 12 weeks.
  • Paralytic or completely immobilized patient, condition making physical training impractical.
  • Cognitive disability making participation impossible.
  • Not speaking or understanding the Swedish language well enough to read and understand the informed consent form.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Standard careStandard careStandard preoperative recomendations
PrehabilitationPrehabilitationPrehabilitation with physical exercise, psychological support, nutritional support and smoking/alchohol stop
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
6 minute walk test (6mwt)12 weeks

6 minute walk test (6mwt)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Length of hospitalization90d after surgery

Length of hospitalization

Appetite and eating behavior is evaluated with Disease Related Appetite Questionnaire (DRAQ)12 weeks

Appetite and eating behavior is evaluated with Disease Related Appetite Questionnaire (DRAQ)

Time from surgery until the day of first dose of adjuvant chemotherapy (among liver and rectal cancer patients for whom postoperative chemotherapy is planned)90 day after surgery

Time from surgery until the day of first dose of adjuvant chemotherapy (among liver and rectal cancer patients for whom postoperative chemotherapy is planned)

30 s chair stand test12 weeks

30 s chair stand test

Test of hand grip strength12 weeks

Test of hand grip strength

Cardiopulmonary exercise test with ventilatory gas analysis12 weeks

Cardiopulmonary exercise test with ventilatory gas analysis making it possible to calculate VOmax as well as other established measures of cardiopulmonary function

Appetite and eating behavior is evaluated with Eating Symptom Questionnaire (ESQ)12 weeks

Appetite and eating behavior is evaluated with Eating Symptom Questionnaire (ESQ)

Weekly alcohol consumption12 weeks

Weekly alcohol consumption as reported in standard units

Sum of all complications in each patient (comprehensive complication index, CCI)90d after surgery

Sum of all complications in each patient (comprehensive complication index, CCI) occuring up to 90 days after surgery

Clinical Frailty Scale12 weeks

Clinical Frailty Scale

International Physical Activity Questionnaire12 weeks

International Physical Activity Questionnaire

Grade of sarcopenia12 weeks

Grade of sarcopenia

Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio2 years after surgery

Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio, calculated as the median cost divided by the quality adjusted life years obtained until 2 years after surgery

The presence of malnutrition evaluated with the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLM) criteria12 weeks

The presence of malnutrition evaluated with the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLM) criteria

Overall survival5 years

Overall survival

4-week point prevalence of smoking abstinence (among baseline smokers)12 weeks

4-week point prevalence of smoking abstinence (among baseline smokers), measured with Fagerstroms scale

Episodes of heavy drinking per month12 weeks

Episodes of heavy drinking per month as reported in standard units at a single occation

The most severe complication occurring90d after surgery

The most severe complication occurring (according to the Clavien-Dindo scale) until 90 days after surgery

Time to functional recovery of physical status as compared to baseline values90d after surgery

Defined as number of days after surgery until the patient has reached all of the following: being mobile at the preoperative level, having sufficient pain control with only oral or transdermal medication, being able to maintain food intake without intravenous fluids and not being in need of intravenous medications

The frequency of failures to go through the full treatment program as planned at the first MDT (including, but not limited to, the full oncological chemotherapy program, radiation treatment and final surgery)90 days

The frequency of failures to go through the full treatment program as planned at the first MDT (including, but not limited to, the full oncological chemotherapy program, radiation treatment and final surgery)

Quality of Life (QoL)2 years after surgery

Quality of Life (QoL)

Proportion of patients not able to receive all treatment despite no dissemination of disease90 day after surgery

Proportion of patients not able to receive all treatment despite no dissemination of disease

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