Prehabilitation to Improve Heart Rate Variability (PRIME)
NCT ID: NCT06744413
Last Updated: 2025-08-06
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Basic Information
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RECRUITING
NA
600 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-12-20
2026-11-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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This is an international, multicenter, parallel-group, randomized study in chronic cancer patients undergoing surgery. Adult men and women patients who are eligible according to the inclusion/exclusion criteria will be randomized to study the effect of prehabilitation versus standard care on heart rate variability (HRV).
A total of 600 patients will be recruited by systematic screening of patients scheduled for elective surgical procedures. All patients undergoing major cancer surgery will be screened for eligibility and those who meet the inclusion/exclusion criteria will be approached for consent. Research personnel will use a web-based randomization system to assign patients (1:1 ratio) to either the prehabilitation or control arm. Study personnel will also collect data on recruitment rates, with reasons for non-enrollment.
Eligible patients will be randomly assigned to one of two treatments:
1. Multimodal prehabilitation program for four weeks starting as soon as possible before surgery;
2. Standard care.
The multimodal prehabilitation program will be individualized by carefully integrating and adapting various components to meet individual needs. The program will last four weeks (plus maintenance in case of delayed surgery), and will incorporate exercise training, nutritional therapy, and anxiety reduction techniques. After enrollment, patients will receive initial contact from trained personnel through telemedicine. To ensure personalized care, a comprehensive assessment will be conducted to identify specific physical, nutritional, or psychological challenges. Based on this assessment, a customized intervention plan will be prescribed to achieve tailored exercise training, optimized nutrition, and effective distress-coping strategies. Patients will be requested to download a dedicated smartphone application, which will comprehensively monitor and track their progress towards achieving their prehabilitation goals. After completing the four-week program, patients will continue a maintenance program until surgery.
The first HRV measurement will be performed for 5 minutes in an isolated room, after signing the written consent and before randomization, on the day of screening which occurs several weeks before surgery. The second HRV measurement will be performed the day before surgery. Both HRV time-domain measurements and HRV frequency-domain measurements will be evaluated.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Prehabilitation
Prehabilitation arm groups will receive preoperative intervention which includes exercise training, nutritional therapy and anxiety reducing techniques, aimed at preventing or attenuating surgery-driven functional decline.
Multimodal prehabilitation program
A tailored intervention will be prescribed if specific physical, nutritional or psychological impairments will be identified during the assessment phase. Based on the data obtained during the multimodal assessment, different domains and levels of care will be prescribed, focusing on exercise training, and/or nutrition optimization, and/or distress-coping techniques. Different combinations of these three domains will be utilized to maximize their synergistic anabolic effect.
The duration of the program will be set at 4 weeks.
Control group
Standard care treatment: application of ERAS pathways (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery)
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Multimodal prehabilitation program
A tailored intervention will be prescribed if specific physical, nutritional or psychological impairments will be identified during the assessment phase. Based on the data obtained during the multimodal assessment, different domains and levels of care will be prescribed, focusing on exercise training, and/or nutrition optimization, and/or distress-coping techniques. Different combinations of these three domains will be utilized to maximize their synergistic anabolic effect.
The duration of the program will be set at 4 weeks.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. Scheduled to undergo surgery at least three weeks after enrollment;
3. Age ≥ 18 years;
4. Provide written informed consent;
5. Willing and able to use smartphone application.
Exclusion Criteria
2. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classes 5-6;
3. Disabling orthopedic, neuromuscular, and psychiatric diseases or other conditions that preclude participation in a prehabilitation program.
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Dott. Fabio Guarracino
UNKNOWN
Prof. Gilda Cinnella
UNKNOWN
Dott. Filippo Sanfilippo
UNKNOWN
Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Giovanni Landoni
Full professor
Principal Investigators
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Fabio Guarracino, Doctor
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Pisana
Locations
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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Policlinico San Marco di Catania
Catania, , Italy
Università di Foggia
Foggia, , Italy
IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele
Milan, , Italy
Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana
Pisa, , Italy
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Other Identifiers
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PNRR-MCNT2-2023-12377934
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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