NCT02767518

Prehabilitation for Aortic Repair Patients

Does Prehabilitation Prior to Thoracic Aortic Repair Improve Quality of Care?

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Michigan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This is a 2-group study comparing the effect of a "prehabilitation" program to usual care on quality of life and clinical outcomes in patients undergoing elective repair of their thoracic aorta.

Detailed description

Patients undergoing elective repair of their thoracic aortic aneurysm will be randomized to a "prehabilitation" program prior to their surgery or to usual care. The prehabilitation program is self-directed program designed to improve health and quality of life prior to surgery. The program is currently offered to general surgery patients; this study will examine the feasibility and acceptability of such a program in a different patient population.

Conditions

• Aortic Aneurysm

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Prehabilitation	Participants will receive an informational DVD, a pedometer, an incentive spirometer and access to the program website to help promote healthful behaviors and improved well-being in the days leading up to surgery.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-02-01
• Primary completion: 2020-10-01
• Completion: 2020-10-01
• First posted: 2016-05-10
• Last updated: 2022-01-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States