Prehabilitation in Prostate Cancer Patients, TelePrehabTrial

University of Aarhus

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Prostate Cancer

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Nutritional supplement; Other: Sexual counseling; Other: Standard pre-surgical preparation and pt. information.; Other: Physical Exercise; Other: Pelvic Floor exercise; Other: Stress management

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05608746

PREHABRHG001

Details and patient eligibility

About

Localized prostate cancer is commonly treated with radical prostatectomy (RP). Following surgery adverse effects such as urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction associated with decreased quality of life and decreased physical function are common.

Traditionally, interventions to reduce these adverse effects are introduced postoperatively. However, a growing body of literature shows the benefit of interventions prior to surgery to enhance treatment success, known as prehabilitation.

Hence, the main purpose of this study is to develop and investigate the feasibility of prehabilitation using telehealth, to implement several interventions prior to elective RP.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male > 18 years
• Diagnosed with prostate cancer and referred to robot assisted nerve sparring RP
• Adequacy in written and spoken Danish
• Cognitively well-functioning
• Able to understand the study procedures and willing to provide signed informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Severe comorbidities that would prevent the patient from exercising, e.g. recent fractures, severe heart disease or neurological disorders.
• No possibility to use a smartphone or tablet.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Stress management

Other: Pelvic Floor exercise

Other: Physical Exercise

Other: Standard pre-surgical preparation and pt. information.

Dietary Supplement: Nutritional supplement

Other: Sexual counseling

Control Group

Other group

Treatment:

Other: Standard pre-surgical preparation and pt. information.