Does Prehabilitation Improve Outcome in Coloncancer Surgery?

Launched by REGION SKANE · Dec 12, 2019

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is researching whether a special program of exercise and diet, called prehabilitation, can help older and frail patients recover better after surgery for colon cancer. The goal is to see if this preparation can reduce complications that sometimes occur after surgery. The trial is looking for people who are 60 years or older, have been diagnosed with colon cancer, and are planning to undergo surgery to remove part of their colon.

If you or a loved one meet these criteria, you may be eligible to participate. Participants will follow an exercise and diet plan before their surgery and will be monitored to see how well they recover afterward. This trial is not yet recruiting, but it aims to help improve outcomes for older adults facing colon cancer surgery, making the experience safer and more successful.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 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
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Lower extremity amputee
• • Disease requiring radio- and/or chemotherapy prior to surgery/palliative disease
• • Distal metastases (Locoregional lymph nodes are OK)