Family-Supervised Prehabilitation to Reduce Postoperative Complications After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Gastric Cancer

NCT ID: NCT07183358

Last Updated: 2025-09-19

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

90 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-09-20

Study Completion Date

2026-06-20

Brief Summary

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This study evaluates whether a family-supervised exercise-nutrition-psychology program can reduce complications after stomach-cancer surgery. Eligible patients are adults who will receive chemotherapy before surgery. Participants are randomly assigned to either the multimodal prehabilitation program plus usual care or usual care alone. The main outcome is the rate of serious complications within 30 days after surgery. Potential benefits include fewer complications and faster recovery; risks are minimal and mainly related to mild exercise fatigue.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Stomach Neoplasms Neoadjuvant Therapy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Control Group (Standard Care Only)

Participants in this arm will receive standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by radical gastrectomy, along with standard ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Surgery) perioperative management. No prehabilitation intervention will be provided.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Standard Care

Intervention Type OTHER

Standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by radical gastrectomy with standard ERAS-based perioperative management, without any additional prehabilitation intervention. Participants receive routine nutritional, nursing and medical care according to hospital guidelines. The aim is to maintain current clinical practice as the control condition for comparison with the experimental prehabilitation program.

Prehabilitation + Standard Care

Participants will receive a family-supervised multimodal prehabilitation program throughout the neoadjuvant chemotherapy period until the day before surgery. The intervention includes personalized nutritional support, home-based exercise training, and psychological counseling, in addition to standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy, surgery, and ERAS management.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Family-supervised Multimodal Prehabilitation

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A comprehensive prehabilitation program initiated at the start of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and continued until the day before surgery. The intervention includes:

1. Nutritional support: individualized dietary counseling and supplementation plans supervised by clinical nutritionists;
2. Exercise training: home-based aerobic and resistance exercises monitored via wearable devices and weekly video/phone follow-ups;
3. Psychological support: structured counseling sessions to reduce anxiety, improve treatment adherence, and enhance quality of life.

Family members are trained to assist with supervision and compliance. The total duration is approximately 10-16 weeks, depending on the chemotherapy schedule.

Interventions

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Family-supervised Multimodal Prehabilitation

A comprehensive prehabilitation program initiated at the start of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and continued until the day before surgery. The intervention includes:

1. Nutritional support: individualized dietary counseling and supplementation plans supervised by clinical nutritionists;
2. Exercise training: home-based aerobic and resistance exercises monitored via wearable devices and weekly video/phone follow-ups;
3. Psychological support: structured counseling sessions to reduce anxiety, improve treatment adherence, and enhance quality of life.

Family members are trained to assist with supervision and compliance. The total duration is approximately 10-16 weeks, depending on the chemotherapy schedule.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Standard Care

Standard neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by radical gastrectomy with standard ERAS-based perioperative management, without any additional prehabilitation intervention. Participants receive routine nutritional, nursing and medical care according to hospital guidelines. The aim is to maintain current clinical practice as the control condition for comparison with the experimental prehabilitation program.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 18-80 years
* Histologically proven gastric adenocarcinoma by gastroscopy
* Clinical stage T2-4a, N any, M0 planned for neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus radical gastrectomy
* ECOG performance status 0-1; ASA class I-III
* Able to understand the study and provide signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Previous or concurrent malignancies
* Emergent conditions (bleeding, perforation, obstruction) requiring immediate surgery
* Pregnant or lactating women
* Severe psychiatric disorders
* Prior major abdominal surgery (except laparoscopic cholecystectomy)
* Unstable angina, myocardial infarction, or cerebrovascular event within 6 months
* Continuous use of NSAIDs, corticosteroids, or probiotics within 1 month
* Simultaneous surgery for other diseases
* FEV1 \< 50 % predicted
* Any condition that, in the investigator's opinion, contraindicates participation
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Zhou Yanbing

Chief Physician, Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Qingdao University Affiliated Hospital

Qingdao, Shandong, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

Central Contacts

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Yanbing Zhou

Role: CONTACT

+86532-82911847

Yuanze Wei

Role: CONTACT

+8619861122261

Facility Contacts

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Yanbing Zhou

Role: primary

+8653282911847

Yuanze Wei

Role: backup

+8619861122261

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 38677949 (View on PubMed)

Biondi A, Lirosi MC, D'Ugo D, Fico V, Ricci R, Santullo F, Rizzuto A, Cananzi FC, Persiani R. Neo-adjuvant chemo(radio)therapy in gastric cancer: Current status and future perspectives. World J Gastrointest Oncol. 2015 Dec 15;7(12):389-400. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v7.i12.389.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26690252 (View on PubMed)

Kang, Y.-K., Yook, J. H., Park, Y.-K., et al. (2019). Phase III randomized study of neoadjuvant chemotherapy (CT) with docetaxel (D), oxaliplatin (O) and S-1 (S) (DOS) followed by surgery and adjuvant S-1, vs surgery and adjuvant S-1, for resectable advanced gastric cancer (GC) (PRODIGY). Annals of Oncology, 30(10), 1637-1645.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Newton AD, Datta J, Loaiza-Bonilla A, Karakousis GC, Roses RE. Neoadjuvant therapy for gastric cancer: current evidence and future directions. J Gastrointest Oncol. 2015 Oct;6(5):534-43. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2015.047.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26487948 (View on PubMed)

Bray F, Ferlay J, Soerjomataram I, Siegel RL, Torre LA, Jemal A. Global cancer statistics 2018: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries. CA Cancer J Clin. 2018 Nov;68(6):394-424. doi: 10.3322/caac.21492. Epub 2018 Sep 12.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 30207593 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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QYFYEC2025-156

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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