Walking for Recovery From Surgery in Improving Quality of Life in Older Adults With Lung or Gastrointestinal Cancer and Their Family Caregivers
NCT ID: NCT03267524
Last Updated: 2025-06-22
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
87 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2017-11-09
2025-03-14
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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I. To examine whether the intervention and telehealth approach would be feasible and acceptable.
SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:
I. To examine patient outcome patterns suggesting the potential efficacy of the intervention on self-efficacy, functional status (daily steps, 6-minute walk time, timed up and go), psychological distress, symptoms, and global health status.
OUTLINE:
Patients and caregivers receive Walking for Recovery from Surgery prehabilitation intervention in 4 sessions 3-7 days before surgery, before discharge, and at 2 and 7 days post-discharge.
After completion of study, patients and caregivers are followed up for 2 months.
Conditions
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Study Design
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NA
SINGLE_GROUP
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
NONE
Study Groups
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Supportive Care (Walking for Recovery from Surgery)
Patients and caregivers receive Walking for Recovery from Surgery prehabilitation intervention in 4 sessions 3-7 days before surgery, before discharge, and at 2 and 7 days post-discharge.
Exercise Intervention
Receive Walking for Recovery from Surgery prehabilitation intervention
Quality-of-Life Assessment
Ancillary studies
Survey Administration
Ancillary studies
Interventions
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Exercise Intervention
Receive Walking for Recovery from Surgery prehabilitation intervention
Quality-of-Life Assessment
Ancillary studies
Survey Administration
Ancillary studies
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* PATIENT: Scheduled to undergo surgery
* PATIENT: \>= 65 years
* PATIENT: Able to read and understand English
* CAREGIVER: Family member/friend identified by the patient as the primary caregiver before and after surgery
* CAREGIVER: \>= 21 years
* CAREGIVER: Able to read and understand English
* This study will be conducted in patients and family caregivers who are scheduled to undergo lung or GI cancer surgery treatment
* There are no restrictions related to performance status or life expectancy
* All subjects must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent
Exclusion
• Subjects, who in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to comply with the safety monitoring requirements of the study
21 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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City of Hope Medical Center
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Virginia Sun, RN, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
City of Hope Medical Center
Locations
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City of Hope Medical Center
Duarte, California, United States
Countries
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References
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Lafaro KJ, Raz DJ, Kim JY, Hite S, Ruel N, Varatkar G, Erhunmwunsee L, Melstrom L, Lee B, Singh G, Fong Y, Sun V. Pilot study of a telehealth perioperative physical activity intervention for older adults with cancer and their caregivers. Support Care Cancer. 2020 Aug;28(8):3867-3876. doi: 10.1007/s00520-019-05230-0. Epub 2019 Dec 16.
Other Identifiers
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NCI-2017-01565
Identifier Type: REGISTRY
Identifier Source: secondary_id
17277
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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