Effect of a Prehabilitation Mobile Application Versus Standard of Care Before Colon Cancer Surgery. (PREHAPP)

Fundación para el Fomento de la Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunitat Valenciana

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Usability; mHealth; Prehabilitation

Treatments: Device: PREHapp

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05608967

PREHAPP

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pilot study to evaluate the effect of prehabilitation programme through a mobile application PREHapp in colon cancer surgery. The objectives of this pilot study were to evaluate the usability of the PREHapp for people undergoing colon cancer surgery, estimate the effect of the app on functional recovery after surgery and to evaluate complications during the postoperative period after 4 weeks of follow-up.

Enrollment: 10 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age greater than or equal to 18 years.
• Diagnosis of resectable colon cancer with elective surgery.
• Participants have at least 2 weeks to their operation date.
• Agree to collaborate in the study and sign the informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of unresectable colon cancer.
• Inability to follow the prehabilitation programme.
• Participants be able to understand written and spoken Spanish.
• Subjects with previous nutritional supplements.
• Pre-anesthetic evaluation with results, according to the classification of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) IV or V.

Trial design

10 participants in 2 patient groups

G_PREHapp

Description:

Experimental group will follow a prehabilitation programme through the PREHapp platform

Treatment:

Device: PREHapp

G_Control

Description:

Control group will follow a prehabilitation programme according to usual practice