NCT03418298

Prehabilitation in Patients With Esophageal or Gastric Cancers

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Objectives: The primary objective of this study is to assess the feasibility of a internet-based preoperative exercise program in patients with esophageal or gastric cancers. Secondary objectives are to evaluate the effects of this preoperative program on functional capacity, anxiety and depression, quality of life and fatigue Methods: This feasibility study will be conduct at University Hospital Saint-Luc in Brussels. Twenty patients with esophageal or gastric cancers will participate in internet-based program 3 sessions per week. Each session will combine aerobic and resistance training. Moreover, inspiratory muscle strengthening (IMT) will be performed daily. The researcher will conduct weekly telephone calls to educate and motivate subjects. Assessments will be performed at baseline, one day before surgery, 1 month and 3 months after surgery. The following parameters will be measured: functional capacity, quality of life, fatigue, anxiety and depression.

Conditions

• Esophageal Cancer
• Gastric Cancer

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Prehabilitation group	Subjects will performed an internet-based exercise program before surgery

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-02-27
• Primary completion: 2019-11-01
• Completion: 2019-12-15
• First posted: 2018-02-01
• Last updated: 2020-05-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Belgium