NCT03267524Completed
Walking for Recovery From Surgery in Improving Quality of Life in Older Adults With Lung or Gastrointestinal Cancer and Their Family Caregivers
Walking for Recovery From Surgery: Pilot Study of a Prehabilitation Intervention for Older Adults With Cancer and Their Family Caregivers
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 22 Jun 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This pilot clinical trial studies how well Walking for Recovery from Surgery works in improving quality of life in older adults with lung or gastrointestinal cancer and their family caregivers. A walking program, such as Walking for Recovery from Surgery may help support overall well-being as a caregiver, and may help improve family member or friend's recovery from surgery.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 87 (actual)
- First submitted
- 29 Aug 2017
- Start date
- 9 Nov 2017
- Primary completion date
- 14 Mar 2025
- Lead sponsor
- City of Hope Medical Center
- NCT number
- NCT03267524
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 87
- From 9 Nov 2017 to the primary completion date, 14 Mar 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Criteria the registry did not label
- -Inclusion:
- PATIENT: Diagnosis of lung or GI (colorectal, pancreas, liver) cancers
- PATIENT: Scheduled to undergo surgery
- PATIENT: \>= 65 years
- PATIENT: Able to read and understand English
- CAREGIVER: Family member/friend identified by the patient as the primary caregiver before and after surgery
- CAREGIVER: \>= 21 years
- CAREGIVER: Able to read and understand English
- This study will be conducted in patients and family caregivers who are scheduled to undergo lung or GI cancer surgery treatment
- There are no restrictions related to performance status or life expectancy
- All subjects must have the ability to understand and the willingness to sign a written informed consent
- Exclusion
- Subjects, who in the opinion of the investigator, may not be able to comply with the safety monitoring requirements of the study
Age in the registry: 21 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Hope Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Duarte | United States | Unknown status |
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