Safety, Feasibility and Effect of an Individualized Physical Activity Intervention for Gastric Cancer Patient Undergoing Minimally Invasive Gastrectomy: a Pilot Study

November 26, 2017 updated by: Yonsei University

Gastric cancer is a major health issue and one of the most common malignance in Korea. With the popularization of cancer screenings and increasing the average lifespan, the number of gastric cancer patients is increased. In the past, most of the research were concerned with survival and recovery after cancer surgery. However, as the medical technology had been developed and recovery rate and survival rate of cancer patients had risen, the patients wanted to return to a daily life and desire for participation for leisure. In other words, the patients who underwent surgery wants to maintain a high quality of life(QOL) level as like prior to cancer surgery.

There are many reports on the effect of the exercise program after cancer surgery. In addition, exercise program was associated with improving the QOL and functional recovery, decreasing a mood of depression, maintaining a muscle mass and improving the survival rate.

However, the subject patients of previous studies were Western people. Therefore, The results were not disclosed whether the exercise program suited to the body characteristics of Korean people. Furthermore there was no exercise program studies for the gastric cancer patients.

Medical service for cancer patients care should include not only diagnosis, treatment as like surgery but efforts on enhancing the quality of life. In other words, post-management education and management program as like exercise program are necessary for the cancer patients after surgery. So, the research about how to practice the exercise program and how to evaluate the effect on the recovery is needed.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

24

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Korea, Republic of
      • Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 120-752
        • Department of Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

20 years to 70 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Early gastric cancer patients
  2. Undergoing minimally invasive surgery
  3. AGE: 20-70
  4. ECOG: 0-1
  5. A patient who did not exercise regularly for the last 6 months
  6. A patient who signed the informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Pregnancy or plans to become pregnant
  2. Cognitive disabilities
  3. Other primary cancer history
  4. History of major abdominal surgery except current surgery
  5. Cardiopulmonary medical comorbidity
  6. Living > 60 km from the hospital

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Exercise Group
Behavioral: physical activity intervention
Exercise program is scheduled to be conducted in three phases. Phase I is in-hospital exercise program. This program will be conducted in hospital during 1 week after surgery. Phase II is home-exercise program that will be performed at home during 1 week after discharge. Phase III is main-exercise program that will be conducted the fitness center nearby hospital during 8 weeks after phase II program. Main-exercise program is focused on the functional recovery.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
changes of result of blood sample test, cardio pulmonary function test and vital signs reflecting of inflammation level and nutrition condition in patients with minimally invasive gastrectomy
Time Frame: 2 weeks and 10 weeks after gastrectomy
2 weeks and 10 weeks after gastrectomy

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Yonsei University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 8, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 5, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

November 5, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

December 12, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

December 13, 2012

First Posted (Estimate)

December 18, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 28, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 26, 2017

Last Verified

November 1, 2017

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • 4-2012-0221

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