Perioperative Optimization With Enhanced Recovery (POWER)

Stanford University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Complication of Surgical Procedure

Treatments: Behavioral: POWER

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04504266

51827

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized controlled trial examining the effect of a motivational interview and perioperative mobile-app based nutrition and exercise intervention on surgical outcomes. The hypothesis is that such an intervention will improve surgical outcomes. Patients who are planned to undergo major elective abdominal surgery will be randomized to standard care or the nutrition/exercise intervention. This intervention consists of a mobile-app based coaching program to encourage patients to exercise and adopt a Mediterranean diet in the 3+ weeks prior to surgery.

Enrollment: 368 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• major abdominal surgery in 3+ weeks
• English or Spanish speaking

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to use smartphone

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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368 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Arm

No Intervention group

Description:

Recommendations to follow Mediterranean diet and exercise regularly before surgery.

Prehab

Experimental group

Description:

This intervention consists of a motivational interview and a mobile-app based coaching program to encourage patients to exercise and adopt a Mediterranean diet in the 3+ weeks prior to surgery.

Treatment:

Behavioral: POWER