Status:

COMPLETED

Digital Prehabilitation for Patients Undergoing Major Elective Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Bath

PreActiv

Conditions:

Surgery

Eligibility:

All Genders

50+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Prehabilitation describes the process of improving someone's functional capacity before major surgery. Prehabilitation commonly focuses on exercise training, as fitness level is a predictor of surgica...

Detailed Description

This is a single-arm pilot study to assess the feasibility of PreActiv's digital prehabilitation alongside usual care at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. The novel provision of ta...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Planned for major elective surgery ≥10 weeks from time of recruitment Major or complex surgery examples in NICE guideline NG45 'Routine preoperative tests for elective surgery' provides appropriate examples that are relevant to the patient cohort at the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH). We have extrapolated from these examples a list of surgical procedures that qualify as major or complex surgery and are carried out at the RUH. This list is not exhaustive but provides a range of procedures that are applicable for example: laparotomy, joint replacement, total abdominal hysterectomy, nephrectomy, neck dissection, parotidectomy, endoscopic resection of prostate, thyroidectomy.
  • Aged ≥50 years

Exclusion

  • Surgery scheduled in \<10 weeks
  • Any relative or absolute contraindications to undertake an exercise test as described by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM, 2022) and the American Heart Association (Fletcher et al., 2013)
  • Unsuitable to increase physical activity level as determined by Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q)
  • Uncontrolled or poorly-controlled lung condition, diabetes, or seizures
  • Recent (\<12 months) cardiovascular events needing hospital admission
  • Ongoing infection or wound making this programme hazardous for the patient
  • Unable to access technology required to use the PreActiv digital platform
  • Currently meeting World Health Organisation (WHO) physical activity guidelines of 75- 300 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity per week, plus twice-weekly muscle strengthening activities
  • Unable to understand explanations and/or provide informed consent
  • Unable to understand written or spoken English, and without ongoing access to an interpreter
  • Any condition and/or behaviour that would pose undue personal risk or introduce bias into the study
  • Currently enrolled in another research trial

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 19 2024

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 17 2024

Estimated Enrollment :

35 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06137781

Start Date

February 19 2024

End Date

September 17 2024

Last Update

December 17 2025

Active Locations (2)

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Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust

Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom, BA1 3NG

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University of Bath

Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom, BA2 7AY