Prehabilitation in Patients With Esophageal or Gastric Cancers

NCT ID: NCT03418298

Last Updated: 2020-05-21

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-02-27
• Study Completion Date: 2019-12-15

Brief Summary

Objectives: The primary objective of this study is to assess the feasibility of a internet-based preoperative exercise program in patients with esophageal or gastric cancers. Secondary objectives are to evaluate the effects of this preoperative program on functional capacity, anxiety and depression, quality of life and fatigue Methods: This feasibility study will be conduct at University Hospital Saint-Luc in Brussels. Twenty patients with esophageal or gastric cancers will participate in internet-based program 3 sessions per week. Each session will combine aerobic and resistance training. Moreover, inspiratory muscle strengthening (IMT) will be performed daily. The researcher will conduct weekly telephone calls to educate and motivate subjects. Assessments will be performed at baseline, one day before surgery, 1 month and 3 months after surgery. The following parameters will be measured: functional capacity, quality of life, fatigue, anxiety and depression.

Conditions

Esophageal Cancer; Gastric Cancer

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Prehabilitation group

Subjects will carry out a preoperative internet-based program including aerobic and resistance training three sessions per week

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Prehabilitation group

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Subjects will performed an internet-based exercise program before surgery

Interventions

Prehabilitation group

Subjects will performed an internet-based exercise program before surgery

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Diagnosis of esophageal cancer or gastric cancer requiring surgery
• More than 18 years
• Able to read, write and understand French or English
• Time before surgery > 2 weeks

Exclusion Criteria

• Surgical emergency
• Cognitive or neuropsychiatric diseases
• Neuromuscular or orthopedic disorders limiting exercises
• Cardiopulmonary disease contraindicating exercises

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc

Brussels, Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Belgium

Countries

Belgium

Other Identifiers

e-move

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id