Recruiting

Fitness Program

Sponsor:

University of Chicago

Code:

NCT06359652

Conditions

Thoracic

Frailty

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Prehabilitation Program (Apple Watch Series 6 with exercise flipbook)

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study will be to implement and evaluate a prehab program for pre-frail and frail adults who need to undergo thoracic surgery. The study team hypothesizes using an implementation framework will increase the reach, effectiveness, adoption, and implementation of the prehab program.

Conditions

Thoracic

Frailty

Study ID

NCT06359652

Start date

Apr 11, 2024

Status verified date

Sep, 2025

Completion date

Apr, 2029

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr, 2029

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age ≥ 18, of any racial or ethnic origin
  • Will be undergoing elective thoracic surgery lung resection using thoracic approach (thoracotomy, Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS), Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery (RATS)
  • Able to complete baseline evaluations at time of enrollment

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Unable to give informed consent
  • Unable to read/speak English
  • Age <17

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Device Feasibility

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

other: Prehabilitation Program Participant

Interventions

Prehabilitation Program (Apple Watch Series 6 with exercise flipbook)

We will evaluate whether use of a personal device (the Apple Watch) could help medical professionals assess patients' pre-surgery prehab state. It will also assess whether patients are willing to use a personal device and engage in prehab exercise and whether the device can enhance prehab uptake. The intervention is to also offer patients the Exercise Flipbook, to send them a reminder to exercise and to send them notifications to track their exercise.

Primary outcome measure

  • The change of functional status using the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework for implementation evaluation. [ Time Frame: At Visit 1 two to twelve weeks prior to undergoing elective inpatient thoracic surgery until post-operative Follow-up Visit up to 6 months. ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Maria Madariaga, MD

773-702-2500mlmadariaga@bsd.uchicago.edu

Viviana Camacho

773-795-4391vcamacho@bsd.uchicago.edu

Locations

The University of Chicago

Recruiting

Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60637

Contacts

Viviana Camacho

773-795-4391vcamacho@bsd.uchicago.edu

Leila Yazdanbakhsh

773-834-5087leila.yazdanbakhsh@bsd.uchicago.edu

Principal Investigator:

Maria Madariaga, MD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Chicago

Last update posted

Sep 16, 2025

Last verified

Sep, 2025

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Chicago on 2025-09-16.