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

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

87 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-11-09

Study Completion Date

2025-03-14

Brief Summary

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This pilot clinical trial studies how well Walking for Recovery from Surgery works in improving quality of life in older adults with lung or gastrointestinal cancer and their family caregivers. A walking program, such as Walking for Recovery from Surgery may help support overall well-being as a caregiver, and may help improve family member or friend's recovery from surgery.

Detailed Description

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PRIMARY OBJECTIVES:

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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Adult Liver Carcinoma Caregiver Colorectal Carcinoma Lung Carcinoma Malignant Digestive System Neoplasm Pancreatic Carcinoma

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

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.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Exercise Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Receive Walking for Recovery from Surgery prehabilitation intervention

Quality-of-Life Assessment

Intervention Type OTHER

Ancillary studies

Survey Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Ancillary studies

Interventions

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Exercise Intervention

Receive Walking for Recovery from Surgery prehabilitation intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Quality-of-Life Assessment

Ancillary studies

Intervention Type OTHER

Survey Administration

Ancillary studies

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Quality of Life Assessment

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* PATIENT: Diagnosis of lung or GI (colorectal, pancreas, liver) cancers
* 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
Minimum Eligible Age

21 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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City of Hope Medical Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

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

Site Status

Countries

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United States

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.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31845007 (View on PubMed)

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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