Post-Operative Ambulatory Challenge and Exercise (PACE) Trial

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cancer

Treatments: Other: Mobility Tracker

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03234933

17-152

Details and patient eligibility

About

This research study is evaluating the postoperative results in terms of quality of life and functional recovery of elderly patients after cancer surgery.

Full description

This is a pilot study, designed to collect data on steps walked (ambulation) per day of lobectomy patients after surgery. While the investigators know ambulation improves outcomes after surgery, there is no institutional policy, set of patient goals, or method for deciding which patients require further resources, such as physical therapy. Data collected will be used to set up a hospital-wide strategy for patients to achieve post-operative ambulation milestones more readily.

Enrollment: 27 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients Aged ≥ 18 years
• Who underwent or who will undergo lung resection at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH)
• With diagnosis of malignant or benign disease

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with baseline immobility (i.e. wheelchair-bound, use of any walking assistance device, or gait alterations)
• Patients with cognitive deficits

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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27 participants in 1 patient group

Mobility Tracker

Experimental group

Description:

* Each patient will be provided by the research team staff with a new mobility tracker * The standard pre-operative assessment, surgical procedure and post-operative care will still be done * Measurements of each patient (steps, distance and calories) will be obtained by the research staff

Treatment:

Other: Mobility Tracker