Effectiveness of a Personalized 6-month Programme on Frailty in Older Patients Treated for Bladder or Kidney Cancer.

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age65+
SponsorCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

About this trial

Bladder and kidney cancers are commonly diagnosed in older adults. Surgery remains the primary treatment modality for patients with kidney or bladder cancer. In older patients, common co-morbidities include fatigue, physical deconditioning characterized by reduced cardiorespiratory fitness and progressing sarcopenia, pain- whether disease- related or treatment-induced- and undernutrition. These factors increased the risk of post-operative complications and exacerbate patient frailty.

The investigators propose a personalized 6-month program both pre- and post-surgery, including adapted physical activity sessions, therapeutic education workshops, and systematic referral to the department's DAPAP program.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Diagnosis of bladder or kidney cancer

Surgical treatment

No severe cognitive impairment preventing understanding of the protocol

Affiliated or entitled to a social security scheme

Disqualifiers

Surgery already done

Significant co-morbidities that contraindicate physical activity: associated cardiac pathologies, respiratory pathologies, disabling joint pathologies, etc.

Deprived of liberty or under guardianship

Benefiting from a prehabilitation prescription with a private physiotherapist.

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • APA
  • Therapeutic education workshops
  • DAPAP

Treatment groups

106 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups