The STRIVE Before Surgery Trial

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorOttawa Hospital Research Institute

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

902 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Lead sponsor

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Collaborator