Geriatric Thoracic Surgery Ambulation Challenge
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age65+
SponsorDana-Farber Cancer Institute
About this trial
This study is examining collecting data on steps walked (ambulation) per day by thoracic surgery patients over the age of 65 years-old before surgery.
The name(s) of the study device involved in this study is:
* Fitbit inspire
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Patients Aged ≥ 65 years
Who are preparing to undergo thoracic surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH)
Disqualifiers
Patients who are completely non-ambulatory (i.e. wheelchair-bound-patients) *
Those who lack capacity to consent due to cognitive disease.
Patient for which surgery is felt to be more urgent and therefore performed earlier then our required timeframe for intervention.
Patients with cardiac disease or angina for which formal cardiac testing is required for clearance.
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Fitbit
Treatment groups
30 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov