Exercise Prehabilitation in High Risk Cancer Surgery: A Feasibility Study
- Conditions
- Major Abdominal Cancer SurgeryCancer - Bowel - Back passage (rectum) or large bowel (colon)Cancer - Bowel - Small bowel (duodenum and ileum)Cancer - Oesophageal (gullet)Cancer - StomachPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12620000073909
- Lead Sponsor
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
Eligibility criteria:
•Planned to have major abdominal cancer surgery*
•Adults greater than or equal to 18 years of age
•English speaking
•>2 weeks prior to surgery
•Outpatients or in-patients with planned discharge from hospital in less than 1 week
•Poor cardiorespiratory fitness determined by any one of the following: AT less than or equal to 11ml/kg/min, VO2 Peak less than or equal to 15ml/kg/min or VO2 Peak less than or equal to 710ml/min/m2
•For those unable to complete CPET: less than or equal to 70% predicted distance on the 6MWT
*major cancer surgery in this study is defined as abdominal cancer surgeries with an anticipated duration of >2 hours and anticipated length of hospital stay of >1 night.
•Myocardial infarction in the last 3 months or unstable angina
•Cerebrovascular event or transient ischemic attack in the last 3 months
•Pulmonary embolic event within 3 months, existing acute or chronic deep vein thrombosis
•Pregnancy
•Presentation with active sepsis
•Planned for surgery in <2weeks
•Hospital inpatient, with anticipated admission >1 week
•Unable or contra-indication to exercise
•Unable to exercise unsupervised and the absence of appropriate supervision
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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