NCT04618094

Prehabilitation in Patients Suffering From Gynecological Cancers

Feasibility and Acceptance of High Intensity Interval Training in the Prehabilitation of Patients Suffering From Gynecological Cancers - a Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Medical University of Vienna · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In 2016, 2216 Austrian women (= 10% of all new cancer cases) were diagnosed with gynecological tumors. Depending on stage and entity, a main primary therapy option is the surgical tumor resection. In the phase of Prehabilitation (= the time frame from diagnosis to surgical intervention) supportive therapy options such as individualized exercise interventions potentially improve recovery and postoperative outcomes after surgical interventions. The primary aim of this study is to investigate the feasibility and acceptance of a prehabilitation training intervention with high-intensity interval training compared to a conventional moderate intensity continuous training and a non-training collective. Secondary goals are the investigation of the effectiveness of threshold-based intensity prescriptions and the impact on quality of life, fatigue, anxiety, depression, sexuality and ability to work.

Conditions

• Prehabilitation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	bicycle ergometer training with different intensities	Following a 10-min warm-up phase at a constant work load below ventilatory threshold, participants of the high intensity interval group perform repeated high intensity exercise bouts, followed by an active recovery on a bicycle ergometer. The comparative group perform a constant moderate intensity with the same mean workload. The cool-down phase is 5 min with a constant work load for both groups.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-01
• Primary completion: 2022-01-01
• Completion: 2023-01-01
• First posted: 2020-11-05
• Last updated: 2020-11-05