About this trial
The STRIVE Before Surgery Trial evaluates patient-reported disability at 90 days after surgery following participating in a home-based multimodal prehabilitation program supported through an online platform. Half of the participants will be randomized into the prehabilitation group, while the other half will be randomized into the control group.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age ≥18 years
Scheduled, or on the pathway, for inpatient abdominal, thoracic, pelvic, head-and-neck or vascular surgery
Expected surgery date between 3 and 12 weeks from enrollment
Valid provincial health insurance number
Disqualifiers
Inability to read and communicate in English
Cognitive impairment preventing ability to provide informed consent independently
No telephone/cell phone
Cardiac, neurological or orthopedic procedure
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Prehabilitation
Treatment groups
Sponsors and collaborators
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Lead sponsor
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Collaborator