Recruiting

Prehab

Sponsor:

McMaster University

Code:

NCT02531620

Conditions

Colorectal Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Physiatry Assessment

Routine Care

Study Details

Brief summary:

This is a pilot study designed to evaluate a programme of rehabilitation for patients undergoing elective colorectal resection surgery.

Conditions

Colorectal Cancer

Study ID

NCT02531620

Start date

Sep, 2015

Status verified date

Nov, 2016

Completion date

Sep, 2017

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep, 2017

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • adult patient
  • scheduled to undergo a colorectal resection as part of treatment for colorectal cancer.
  • English speaking or have available a family member or substitute decision maker who can accompany you to all of your study visits.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • geographic inaccessibility
  • unwilling to provide consent

Study Design

Enrollment

70 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Supportive Care

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Physiatry

Pre-operative Physiatry assessment and intervention

other: Routine Care

Patients will receive routine pre-operative care, this study arm does not have an intervention.

Interventions

Physiatry Assessment

Physiatrists are physicians who are medical experts in maximizing a patient's overall ability to function well and live independently. The Investigators are proposing your participation in an initial pilot study in order to test the question as to whether or not participation with a physiatrist and any interventions recommended by said physician would help improve a patient's postoperative recovery.

Routine Care

Usual care for your disease process

Primary outcome measure

  • Number of participants recruiting [ Time Frame: 6 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Nalin Amin, MD

905 522-1155amin@mcmaster.ca

Susan Haley, BSc MSc

905 521-2100haleys@mcmaster.ca

Locations

St Joseph Healthcare Hamilton

Recruiting

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, L8N 4A6

Contacts

Nalin Amin, MD

905.522.1155

More Information

Sponsor

McMaster University

Last update posted

Nov 23, 2016

Last verified

Nov, 2016

Keywords

  • prehabilitation
  • colorectal surgery

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by McMaster University on 2016-11-23.