Physical Activity in Relation to Surgical Procedures

Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Surgery; Colorectal Cancer

Treatments: Other: Physical activity

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02299596

Physsurg C - the RCT

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study will compare the outcome after surgery between a group of patients that receives instructions for prehabilitation training and one group that received standard treatment.

Full description

The aim of this study is to investigate whether a training program with intensified physical activity prior to and after a surgical procedure reduces the surgical-related postoperative recovery time, hospital stay, sick leave and complication rate.

A secondary aim is to investigate the effect of a training program with pre- and post- operative PA on the rate of resumption of QoL and normal physical function.

Enrollment: 761 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosed colorectal cancer and a planned surgical procedure

Exclusion criteria

• HIPEC surgery, not able to give informed consent or understand the intervention

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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761 participants in 2 patient groups

Pre and postoperative exercise

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention is prehabilitation preoperatively and physical training postoperatively. During the hospital stay both groups will be treated in the same manner. Preoperative intervention: One half hour of exercise daily added to the existing daily exercise routine. The level of exercise should produce shortness of breath but the patient should be able to talk without much effort. Inspiratory muscle training. Thirty breaths x two twice daily. Postoperative intervention is mainly the same as preoperatively.

Treatment:

Other: Physical activity

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Standard treatment with one exception, patients will fill in a physical activity diary