CRIB (Cancer Rehabilitation In Bowel cancer): the use of cardiac rehabilitation services to aid the recovery of colorectal cancer patients: a pilot randomised controlled trial (RCT) with embedded feasibility study
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Colorectal cancerCancerMalignant neoplasm of colon
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN63510637
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Southampton (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 78
Inclusion Criteria
Adults (male and female) who have been:
1. Diagnosed with primary colorectal cancer
2. Are in the recovery period following surgery and may or may not be receiving adjuvant chemotherapy
Exclusion Criteria
Adults who:
1. Have advanced disease
2. Fail clinical/risk assessment for rehabilitation and therefore deemed by clinicians as unsafe to participate in exercise classes
3. Have a severe cognitive impairment and are therefore unable to give informed consent to participate in the study
4. Are unable to communicate in English
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Physical activity levels using an accelerometer measured at T0 - before patients are randomised to the intervention or control group, T1 - at the end of the intervention (data will be collected 12 weeks after baseline for patients in the control arm) and T2 - 3 months later.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life measures