A Trimodal Prehabilitation Study for Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery

August 16, 2019 updated by: Shira Baram

Trimodal Prehabilitation Programme Using Smart Watches and Mobile Applications in Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery: a Randomised Controlled Pilot Study

Prehabilitation programmes have the potential to reduce post-operative complications following abdominal cancer surgery by improving pre-operative fitness levels. Home-based prehabilitation programmes may be more cost effective than hospital-based programmes, but have issues with low compliance. The aims of our study are to assess whether mobile technologies such as smart watches and smartphone applications improve compliance with home-based prehabilitation programmes and to assess the effects of prehabilitation on pre-operative fitness levels in patients due to undergo major abdominal cancer surgery.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

30 patients due to undergo major abdominal cancer surgery at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust will be enrolled to a pilot randomised controlled trial. They will randomised to either a home-based trimodal prehabilitation programme, delivered by the use of FitBit Smart Watches and Smartphone applications, or a control group who will receive a FitBit for physical activity monitoring only, for a period of 2-6 weeks prior to surgery. The prehabilitation programme will include exercise, nutritional, and psychological components. Study outcomes will include 6MWT (6-minute walk test), HADS (hospital anxiety and depression score), steps per day, length of stay post-operatively, and post-operative complications.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

30

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

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • be aged 18 years or over
  • be able to consent to participate in the prehabilitation programme
  • be undergoing major abdominal cancer surgery (including, but not limited to, cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy)
  • have at least 2 weeks to their operation date
  • be able to understand written and spoken English

Exclusion Criteria:

  • patients have any health conditions which will prevent them from safely taking part in a home-based exercise programme. For example, but not limited to, patients who have recently (within the past 3 months) had a myocardial infarction or a stroke or patients who have end-stage renal disease but are not on dialysis. We will use the "Safety Reference Guide to support exercise services in people with cancer" in The Lancet published paper "Exercise as part of routine cancer care"(5) to aid the screening of patients suitability.
  • they have any bone metastasis
  • are already active users of a FitBit device

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: Basic Science
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Other: Prehabilitation
These participants will receive a home based prehabilitation programme for a period of 2-6 weeks prior to surgery and will be provided with a Fitbit Charge 2.
Other: Monitoring using a FitBit
Each participant will receive a Fitbit. The Prehabilitaiton Group will receive a Fitbit Charge 2 and they will be able to review their progress on this and be required to increase their exercise activity and input information and data about the exercise they have completed each day during their participation in the study. The Control group will receive a Fitbit Flex and will not be required to review any of their activity or input any data and will be encouraged to continue with their daily activity rates i.e. not to change.
Other: Control
These participants will receive a Fitbit Flex and told to continue with their every day activity levels for a period of 2-6 weeks prior to surgery
Other: Monitoring using a FitBit
Each participant will receive a Fitbit. The Prehabilitaiton Group will receive a Fitbit Charge 2 and they will be able to review their progress on this and be required to increase their exercise activity and input information and data about the exercise they have completed each day during their participation in the study. The Control group will receive a Fitbit Flex and will not be required to review any of their activity or input any data and will be encouraged to continue with their daily activity rates i.e. not to change.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Quantitative data collected via a Fitbit
Time Frame: Each participant will be monitored for a period of 2-6 weeks pre surgery
Data will be collected to determine the number of participants whose physical activity increased and by how much during the study
Each participant will be monitored for a period of 2-6 weeks pre surgery

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Qualitative data collected by questionnaire
Time Frame: Each participant will be monitored for a period of 2-6 weeks pre surgery
Qualitative data will be collected from participants to identify their experience of the study
Each participant will be monitored for a period of 2-6 weeks pre surgery
Quantitative data associated with participants weight at the start and end of the research intervention
Time Frame: Each participant will be monitored for a period of 2-6 weeks pre surgery
Participants weight will be measured in kilograms at the start of their participation and then prior to surgery to determine if they were able to either maintain their weight or gain weight
Each participant will be monitored for a period of 2-6 weeks pre surgery

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Shira Baram

Collaborators

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Omer Aziz, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 14, 2019

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 28, 2019

Study Completion (Anticipated)

December 28, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 15, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 5, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

August 6, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 20, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 16, 2019

Last Verified

August 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 19_SURG_19

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

Data will not currently be shared with researchers outside of the study team

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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