ReStOre@Home: Feasibility Study of a 12-week Multidisciplinary Telehealth Rehabilitation Programme for Survivors of Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI) Cancer

University of Dublin, Trinity College

Status

Completed

Conditions

Oesophageal Cancer

Gastric Cancer

Treatments

Other: Multidisciplinary rehabilitation programme delivered via telehealth

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04603339

DIFA-2018-009 - ReStOre@Home

Details and patient eligibility

About

Feasibility study of a 12-week multidisciplinary telehealth rehabilitation programme for survivors of upper gastrointestinal (UGI) cancer

Full description

A single arm feasibility study will be conducted to examine the feasibility of delivering the 12-week ReStOre programme (aerobic and resistance physiotherapy led-exercise, 1:1 dietary counselling and group education sessions) via telehealth to a cohort of upper gastrointestinal cancer survivors.

Enrollment

12 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 100 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

be ≥ three months post oesophagectomy, total gastrectomy
± neo-adjuvant/adjuvant chemo/chemoradiotherapy with curative intent
adjuvant therapy must be completed
access to home broadband

Exclusion criteria

Ongoing serious post-operative morbidity
Evidence of active or recurrent disease.

In addition those with any serious co-morbidity that would impact on exercise participation will be excluded including those with;

Uncontrolled hypertension (resting systolic blood pressure >180mmHg and/or diastolic >100mmHg)
Recent serious cardiovascular events (within 12 months) including, but not limited to cerebrovascular accident, and myocardial infarction
Unstable cardiac, renal, lung, liver or other severe chronic disease
Uncontrolled atrial fibrillation
Left ventricular function <50%.