Status:
WITHDRAWN
Mechanistic Prehabilitation
Lead Sponsor:
Franco Carli
Conditions:
Colon Cancer
Rectal Cancer
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The investigators hypothesize that individuals who receive a personalized 4 week prehabilitation program consisting of exercise and nutrition counselling with post-workout whey protein supplementation...
Detailed Description
Intervention Physical exercise program At the baseline assessment all patients' physical fitness will be evaluated by the kinesiologist (exercise specialist). The exercise component will consist of a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients scheduled for elective colorectal surgery for cancer
- 65 years and older
Exclusion
- American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) health status class 4-5
- disabling co-morbid physical and mental conditions (e.g. orthopedic and neuromuscular disease, dementia, psychosis)
- endocrine disorders (diabetes or hemoglobin A1C\>6, hyper and hypothyrodisim)
- steroid consumption
- cardiac failure (New York Heart Association classes I-IV)
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- renal failure (creatinine \> 115µmol/l)
- hepatic failure (liver aminotranferases \>50% the normal range)
- morbid obesity (BMI \>40)
- anemia (hematocrit \< 30 %, haemoglobin \<100 g/L, albumin \< 25 g/L)
- poor comprehension of English or French
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2016
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2016
Estimated Enrollment :
Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01919541
Start Date
December 1 2016
End Date
December 1 2016
Last Update
March 22 2018
Active Locations (1)
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Montreal General Hospital
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1A4