NCT05520866Completed
PrehabPal: A Digital Tool to Help Older Adults Prepare for Cancer Surgery
PrehabPal: A Digital Tool to Help Frail Elders Prepare for Cancer Surgery
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 4 Jun 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This is a multi-center, randomized trial investigating the use of PrehabPal web app versus a written surgery prehabilitation instructions among individuals aged 65 years and older preparing for colon cancer surgery. PrehabPal is a web app designed with, and for, older adults preparing for surgery at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). This app has the potential to fill a crucial clinical gap for older cancer patients by designing an individualized prehabilitation program and providing prehabilitation coaching.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 132 (actual)
- First submitted
- 26 Aug 2022
- Start date
- 14 Mar 2023
- Primary completion date
- 31 May 2026
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
- Diseases
- Colorectal cancer
- NCT number
- NCT05520866
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 132
- From 14 Mar 2023 to the primary completion date, 31 May 2026
- 3 sites 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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Prior treatment
- Surgery scheduled within 7-days.
Other illness
- Documented diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer's disease.
- Presence of a condition or abnormality that in the opinion of the Investigator would compromise the safety of the patient or the quality of the data.
Other
- No English language proficiency.
- No Internet access.
Who the study is looking for
- Male or female \>=65 years of age at time of evaluation for colorectal cancer resection.
- Documentation of a colorectal diagnosis as evidenced by the following criteria:
- Biopsy proven colorectal cancer or unresectable neoplastic polyp.
- Written informed consent (and assent when applicable) obtained from subject or subject's legal representative and ability for subject to comply with the requirements of the study.
- Self-reported access to the Internet.
- Participant has at least seven days prior to surgery date to optimize for surgery.
- English language proficient.
Age in the registry: 65 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (3)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| MD Anderson Cancer Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Houston | United States | Unknown status |
| Stanford University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Palo Alto | United States | Unknown status |
| University of California San Francisco Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Francisco | United States | Unknown status |
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