Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03267524
Walking for Recovery From Surgery in Improving Quality of Life in Older Adults With Lung or Gastrointestinal Cancer and Their Family Caregivers
Walking for Recovery From Surgery: Pilot Study of a Prehabilitation Intervention for Older Adults With Cancer and Their Family Caregivers
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 87 (actual)
- Sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 21 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
This pilot clinical trial studies how well Walking for Recovery from Surgery works in improving quality of life in older adults with lung or gastrointestinal cancer and their family caregivers. A walking program, such as Walking for Recovery from Surgery may help support overall well-being as a caregiver, and may help improve family member or friend's recovery from surgery.
Detailed description
PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To examine whether the intervention and telehealth approach would be feasible and acceptable. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. To examine patient outcome patterns suggesting the potential efficacy of the intervention on self-efficacy, functional status (daily steps, 6-minute walk time, timed up and go), psychological distress, symptoms, and global health status. OUTLINE: Patients and caregivers receive Walking for Recovery from Surgery prehabilitation intervention in 4 sessions 3-7 days before surgery, before discharge, and at 2 and 7 days post-discharge. After completion of study, patients and caregivers are followed up for 2 months.
Conditions
- Adult Liver Carcinoma
- Caregiver
- Colorectal Carcinoma
- Lung Carcinoma
- Malignant Digestive System Neoplasm
- Pancreatic Carcinoma
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BEHAVIORAL | Exercise Intervention | Receive Walking for Recovery from Surgery prehabilitation intervention |
| OTHER | Quality-of-Life Assessment | Ancillary studies |
| OTHER | Survey Administration | Ancillary studies |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-11-09
- Primary completion
- 2025-03-14
- Completion
- 2025-03-14
- First posted
- 2017-08-30
- Last updated
- 2025-06-22
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03267524. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.