Status:
UNKNOWN
Improving Outcomes in Cancer Patients With a Nutritional and Physical Conditioning Prehabilitation Program
Lead Sponsor:
McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Collaborating Sponsors:
Dr. Franco Carli
Conditions:
Pancreatic Cancer
Liver Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-95 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Major surgery is a stressful procedure; good recovery after surgery is important to patients and their doctors. Studies done at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) with cancer patients awaiting...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion criteria:
- A diagnosis or suspicion of either hepatobiliary or pancreatic cancer (primary or metastatic)
- Must be scheduled for surgical resection between 4-6 weeks of recruitment
- Exclusion criteria:
- Persons with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) health status class 4-5
- Comorbid medical, physical and mental conditions (eg: dementia, disabling orthopedic and neuromuscular disease, psychosis)
- Cardiac abnormalities
- Severe end-organ disease such as cardiac failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary failure and hepatic failure (alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase \>50% over the normal range)
- Sepsis
- Morbid obesity (BMI \>40)
- Anemia (hematocrit \<30 %)
- Other conditions interfering with the ability to perform exercise at home or to complete the testing procedures
- Poor English or French comprehension
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 22 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
June 30 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03475966
Start Date
February 22 2017
End Date
June 30 2022
Last Update
December 8 2020
Active Locations (1)
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McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H4A 3S5