Prehabilitation for Surgery Preparation

Recruiting in Palo Alto (17 mi)

Dr. Daniel I McIsaac | Faculty of Medicine

Overseen byDaniel McIsaac, MD

Age: 18+

Sex: Any

Travel: May Be Covered

Time Reimbursement: Varies

Trial Phase: Academic

Waitlist Available

Sponsor: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

No Placebo Group

Trial Summary

What is the purpose of this trial?

The STRIVE Before Surgery Trial evaluates three pragmatic elements (recruitment, adherence, and follow-up) associated with participating in a home-based multimodal prehabilitation program supported through an online platform. Half of the participants will be randomized into the prehabilitation group, while the other half will be randomized into the control group.

Research Team

Daniel McIsaac, MD

Principal Investigator

The Ottawa Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

This trial is for adults over 18 who are scheduled for inpatient abdominal, thoracic, pelvic, head-and-neck or vascular surgery within the next 3 to 12 weeks. Participants must have a valid health insurance number and access to an internet-enabled device with an email address.

Inclusion Criteria

Valid provincial health insurance number

Access to internet-enabled device

Email address

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Exclusion Criteria

No telephone/cell phone

I cannot read or communicate in English.

I am not interested in joining based on my physical activity phone assessment.

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Treatment Details

Interventions

Prehabilitation Intervention (Behavioral Intervention)

Trial OverviewThe STRIVE Trial is testing a home-based prehabilitation program delivered through an online platform before surgery. Participants are randomly placed into either the prehabilitation group or a control group to compare outcomes.

Participant Groups

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

The intervention includes 3 aspects (exercise, nutrition and breathing). Our intervention is a home-based multimodal prehabilitation program supported through an online platform.

Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention

To support blinding, improve enrollment and reflect usual care, widely available physical activity (World Health Organization Recommendations for Physical Activity for ages 18-64 and \>65) and healthy eating recommendations (Canada's Food Guide Snapshot) documents will be provided to control participants (without active or online support).