Does Prehabilitation Improve Outcome in Coloncancer Surgery?
ConditionSurgery--Complications
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age60+
SponsorRegion Skane
About this trial
The study aims to find out if complications after surgery for large bowel (colon) cancer can be reduced or avoided in the most frail and elderly by letting them go through an exercise- and diet regime prior to the surgical procedure.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
60 years of older
Colon cancer diagnosis (macroscopic, microscopic or x-ray diagnosed)
Ventilatory Anaerobic Threshold <11mg/ml/kg
Planned open or laparoscopic colectomy due to colon cancer
Disqualifiers
Lower extremity amputee
Disease requiring radio- and/or chemotherapy prior to surgery/palliative disease
Distal metastases (Locoregional lymph nodes are OK)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Prehabilitation and Immunonutrition
- Standard Care Arm
Treatment groups
160 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsLocations
Sponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov