Steps to Recovery: a randomised trial aimed at increasing physical activity in hospitalised cancer patients

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Deconditioning; Hospitalised patients; Cancer rehabilitation; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Cancer - Any cancer

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619001151123
• Lead Sponsor: St Vincent’s Clinic Foundation

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2019-08-16
• Last Update Posted: 26 August 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

· Adults aged 18 years and over

· Admitted to St Vincent’s Public Hospital, Sydney, under the care of an oncology or haematology team, with a cancer diagnosis (solid organ or haematological malignancy)

· Patient is located on Ward 8S (oncology) or 9S (haematology)

· Able to walk without assistance, as assessed formally by the ward physiotherapist

· Expected inpatient length of stay >5 days

· Able to provide written informed consent, and to participate and comply with study procedures

Exclusion Criteria

· Medically unfit to participate in an exercise programme, as deemed by the treating medical team

· Non-independent with transfers and/or mobility (i.e. requires assistance), as deemed by the treating ward physiotherapist

· Non-English speaking patients. Because in-depth, daily communication between participants and physiotherapist is an essential component of this study, and due to the limited budget of this pilot study, using a translator will be not be feasible.

· Individuals who have already participated in the trial (e.g. during an earlier admission to hospital)

· Bone marrow transplant recipients, due to high medical acuity and likely inability to consistently participate in the trial

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified