Clinical trial · Interventional
The Assessment of the Feasibility of a Home Based Exercise Programme in the Older Patient Following Major Surgery
The Assessment of the Feasibility of a Home Based Post-operative Exercise Training Programme Targeting Physical and Cognitive Function in Older Patients Undergoing Major Body Surgery
- 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)
The primary aim of this study is to establish if it is possible for patients who have undergone major body surgery to complete a home based exercise training program and complete the assessments required to measure physical and cognitive function. If the investigators can establish that it is feasible to complete the training and test's then further research can follow using these methods to determine whether it is possible to improve the physical function of older patients undergoing major abdominal surgery in the period following surgery by using a simple exercise regimen that can be carried out at home. By targeting physical function in this way the investigators hope to determine if it is a method for improving frailty and well being. In turn it may also have a positive impact on health service provision.
Conditions
Conditions (10)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abdominal Hysterectomy (& Wertheim) | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Bladder Carcinoma | Bladder Carcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Colon Carcinoma | Colon Carcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Colorectal Carcinoma | Colorectal Carcinoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Delirium | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Impaired Cognition | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Prostatic Neoplasms | Prostate Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Quality of Life | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Renal Carcinoma |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exercise Programme | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- Participants will receive standard NHS care with no intervention.
- type
- OTHER
- label
- Exercise
- description
- Participants will receive standard NHS care and complete the exercise programme, the intervention.
- interventionNames
- Other: Exercise Programme
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Feasibility of a home based exercise programme following surgery in the older patient.
- timeFrame
- 3 and 6 months
- description
- To determine the feasibility of a post-operative home based exercise program at 3 and 6 months, for older patients over 70 years of age, who have undergone major body cavity surgery. To assess if this approach is an acceptable and practically viable health intervention in this demographic group. The feasibility will be assessed through the use of interviews with the participants, review of the participants exercise diary and written participant feedback.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 70 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
* Inclusion Criteria: * Patients undergoing major body cavity surgery. * Male and Female patients. * Age greater than 70 years. * Patients undergoing neo-adjuvant chemotherapy will be included. * Exclusion Criteria: * Participation in a formal exercise regime * A BMI \> 35 kg·m2 * Active cardiovascular disease: uncontrolled hypertension (BP \> 180/100), angina, heart failure (class III/IV), arrhythmia, right to left cardiac shunt, recent cardiac event * Taking beta-adrenergic blocking agents. * Cerebrovascular disease: untreated aneurysm (large vessel or intracranial). * Respiratory disease including: pulmonary hypertension. * Metabolic disease: hyper and hypo parathyroidism, untreated hyper and hypothyroidism, Cushing's disease. * Musculoskeletal or neurological disorders * Family history of early (\<55y) death from cardiovascular disease * Severe rheumatoid arthritis limiting ability to perform any part of the assessment process. * Unable to complete the consent process.
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