Clinical trial · Interventional
Effects of Structured Rehabilitation Program on Quality of Life in Rectal Cancer Patients- a Randomized Controlled Trial
Effects of Structured Rehabilitation Program on Quality of Life After Surgical Treatment for Rectal Cancer- a Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Quality of life after rectal surgery is reported to be impaired. Side effects of surgery and/or neoadjuvant treatment as functional disturbances like sexual dysfunction, urinary incontinence, anal incontinence or stoma problems are commonly experienced. The investigators hypotheses is that structured rehabilitation program addressing these problems will improve quality of life. A RCT are performed in order to document the effects of the rehabilitation.
Conditions
Conditions (4)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anal Incontinence | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Quality of Life | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Sexual Function | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Urinary Incontinence | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Structured Rehabilitation program | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Structured Rehabilitation program
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Structured Rehabilitation program
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Controls
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Quality of Life (EORTC QLQ-C30, EORTC QLQ-CR38)
- timeFrame
- Baseline, 3, 6, 12,18 and 24 months postoperative.
- measure
- Quality of LIfe (EQ 5D)
- timeFrame
- Baseline, 3,6,12, 18 and 24.
Secondary outcomes (3)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Rectal cancer Surgically treated for rectal cancer Informed concent Included in national guidelines for surveillance of rectal cancer patients Exclusion Criteria: * Older than 75 years Mentally or physically not able to participate Non curative surgical treatment
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