Prehabilitation Exercise Plus Perioperative Optimization of Senior Health

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

TERMINATED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

6 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-08-20

Study Completion Date

2018-01-08

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is the examine the feasibility of and estimate the efficacy of a preoperative exercise (i.e. prehabilitation) program in 40 up to sedentary older adults (i.e. age 60 and over) undergoing abdominal, urologic or gynecologic surgery under the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol at Duke, using a variety of techniques to measure the possible effect of this intervention. Study patients will undergo a program of prehabilitation exercise for 6 days per week prescribed for them by an exercise physiologist, for up to 4 weeks prior to surgery. Study participants will undergo four types of assessments: Functional/Cognitive testing; Blood/cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples and Muscle biopsies; Brain Imaging; and Brain Activity Recording. Clinical Outcomes will also be obtained from the Duke electronic medical record system. The risks of the exercise intervention are generally mild, since moderate exercise in this patient population generally results in improved health outcomes. Data from these patients will be analyzed in comparison to propensity matched patients from the Duke Markers of Alzheimer's Disease and neurocognitive Outcomes after Perioperative Care (MADCO-PC) study who did not undergo this prehabilitation exercise intervention. Taken together, the results of this study will allow the investigators to estimate the possible effect of prehabilitation exercise on multiple domains of postoperative recovery (cognition, brain connectivity, biomarkers, brain activity, etc) and will provide important preliminary data.

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Detailed Description

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The purpose of this study is the examine the feasibility of and estimate the efficacy of a preoperative exercise (i.e. prehabilitation) program in 40 up to sedentary older adults (i.e. age 60 and over) undergoing abdominal, urologic or gynecologic surgery under the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol at Duke, using a variety of techniques to measure the possible effect of this intervention. Study patients will undergo a program of prehabilitation exercise for 6 days per week prescribed for them by an exercise physiologist, for up to 4 weeks prior to surgery. Study participants will undergo four types of assessments: Functional/Cognitive testing; Blood/CSF samples and Muscle biopsies; Brain Imaging; and Brain Activity Recording. Clinical Outcomes will also be obtained from the Duke electronic medical record system. The risks of the exercise intervention are generally mild, since moderate exercise in this patient population generally results in improved health outcomes. Data from these patients will be analyzed in comparison to propensity matched patients from the Duke Markers of Alzheimer's Disease and neurocognitive Outcomes after Perioperative Care (MADCO-PC) study who did not undergo this prehabilitation exercise intervention. Taken together, the results of this study will allow the investigators to estimate the possible effect of prehabilitation exercise on multiple domains of postoperative recovery (cognition, brain connectivity, biomarkers, brain activity, etc) and will provide important preliminary data and will help design future more definitive studies to test these hypotheses.

Conditions

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Cognitive Decline Age-Related Memory Disorders Postoperative Complications Age-Related Atrophy Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Exercise Intervention

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Exercise Intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

Study patients will undergo a program of prehabilitation exercise for 6 days per week prescribed for them by an exercise physiologist, for up to 4 weeks prior to surgery.

Interventions

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Exercise Intervention

Study patients will undergo a program of prehabilitation exercise for 6 days per week prescribed for them by an exercise physiologist, for up to 4 weeks prior to surgery.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 60 and above
* Able to speak English.
* seen, scheduled to be seen, or eligible to be seen in Preoperative Optimization of Senior Health (POSH) clinic prior to surgery
* scheduled for general, gynecologic or urologic surgery under the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol, or eligible for ERAS protocol
* Lives within a \~1 hr drive of Duke
* Sedentary (not currently following physical activity guidelines)
* Ambulatory (assistive devices ok)
* Able to give informed consent
* Willing to perform prescribed exercises

Exclusion Criteria

* Inmate of a correctional facility (i.e. prisoners).
* Documented or suspected family or personal history of malignant hyperthermia.
* Allergy or other contraindication to receiving isoflurane
* Receiving systemic chemotherapy after the first cognitive testing session and before the 6 wk follow up cognitive testing sessions.
* Major head trauma that occurs after the first cognitive testing session and before the 6 wk follow up cognitive testing sessions.
* Anginal symptoms, known coronary artery disease (CAD), or high cardiovascular risk per American College of Cardiology (ACC)/ American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines
* Taking anticoagulants that would preclude lumbar puncture per the American Society of Regional Anesthesia guidelines.
* Diagnosed history of dementia.
* Inability to ambulate independently.
* Otherwise not appropriate for study participation in the judgement of the Principal Investigator, such as (but not limited to) because the patient does not have the cardiopulmonary capacity to complete the exercise regimen.

Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No