NCT07638410Recruiting
Prehabilitation in High-risk Oncologic Surgery
SURG-236: Prehabilitation in High-risk Oncologic Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 21 Sept 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical study is to learn whether a prehabilitation program can improve recovery after major abdominal surgery in adults with cancer who are receiving treatment before surgery. Prehabilitation is supportive care given before surgery to help patients prepare physically, nutritionally, and emotionally. The main questions this study aims to answer are: 1. Does prehabilitation reduce the number of participants who die or have serious complications within 30 days after surgery? 2. Does prehabilitation improve physical strength and fitness, nutritional status, emotional well-being, and quality of life before surgery? 3. Does prehabilitation affect the length of the hospital stay after surgery, the time it takes to start additional cancer treatment after surgery, or the ability to complete recommended additional treatment? Participants will take part in a prehabilitation program during their treatment period before surgery. The program includes visits with physical therapy, nutrition, and health psychology. Participants will meet with each specialty at least twice before surgery. They will also complete questionnaires and tests that measure physical function, diet and weight, emotional well-being, and quality of life. After surgery, information about recovery and additional cancer treatment will be collected from medical records for up to 120 days. Researchers will compare the outcomes of participants who receive the prehabilitation program with outcomes from similar patients who previously received care at Fox Chase Cancer Center but did not participate in this study.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 180 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 5 Jun 2026
- Start date
- 15 Jul 2026
- Primary completion date
- 15 Dec 2029
- Lead sponsor
- Fox Chase Cancer Center
- Diseases
- Bladder cancer, Pancreatic cancer, Colorectal cancer, Gastric and esophageal cancer, Ovarian cancer
- NCT number
- NCT07638410
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 180
- From 15 Jul 2026 to the primary completion date, 15 Dec 2029
- 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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Prior treatment
- Does not proceed to surgery at an affiliated institution
Other
- Unable to complete study requirements, such as attending a minimum of two visits for each specialty referral. This will be assessed at the final preoperative visit, at which time the participant may be discontinued from the study and replaced. Participants will not be excluded due to lack of insurance coverage for health psychology visits.
- Pregnant or breastfeeding
Who the study is looking for
- Evidence of probable or confirmed primary or recurrent malignant neoplasm of any stage
- Planned to undergo neoadjuvant chemotherapy or chemoradiation
- Eligible surgical candidate for one of the following procedures: pancreatectomy, gastrectomy, esophagectomy, cystectomy, low anterior resection, abdominoperineal resection, or cytoreductive surgery with heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy
- Age greater than 18 years
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status of 0 to 2
- Ability to understand and willingness to sign a written informed consent form and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) authorization document
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fox Chase Cancer Center - Philadelphia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Recruiting |
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