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Prehabilitation for Colorectal Cancer Patients With Low Functional Capacity and Malnutrition

RecruitingNAAges 65 Years - anyAllMcGill University
NCT05999370 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

Despite multi-modal prehabilitation (nutrition, exercise, and psychosocial interventions), 60% of older elective colorectal cancer surgery patients with poor physical function were unable to reach a minimum preoperative 400m six-minute walking distance (6MWD), a prognostic cut-point. Compared to the patients that attained \>400m 6MWD preoperatively, twice as many of \<400m patients were malnourished. Malnutrition has long been associated with worse functioning (e.g., physical, immune). The investigators hypothesize that for nutritionally deficient patients, the etiology for their poor physical function is malnutrition. Correction of malnutrition alone might thus be sufficient to achieve a 400m 6MWD before surgery and improve patient outcomes.

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients aged 65 years and older; * Patients with cancer scheduled for primary colorectal resection; * Patients with 6MWD at baseline less than 400 m; * Patients with Patient-Generated Subjective-Global Assessment (malnutrition assessment) score equal or greater than 9. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with history of premorbid conditions that contraindicate exercise including dementia, -Parkinson's disease or previous stroke with paresis; * Metastatic cancer; * Patients who do not speak English or French and cannot be accompanied by someone who speaks English or French;
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What it tests

  • Nutrition
  • Exercise
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Where

1 site
MUHC Research Ethics Board
Montreal, Canada
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