Clinical trial · Interventional
Implementing Surgery School Prehabilitation Using Telehealth
Implementing Tele-prehabilitation Education Into Cancer Care Pathways
- 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 physiological challenge of major surgery has been likened to running a marathon. In both cases, preparation is critical. Yet, many patients undergo major surgery without understanding the potential consequences. The STTARRS trial aims to test the effect of an education program delivered via telehealth in people preparing for lung or major abdominal cancer surgery , compared with usual care on the development of a respiratory complications after surgery. The secondary aims will be to determine the effect of the online education program for people preparing for lung or major abdominal cancer surgery compared to usual care on the following outcomes; acute hospital length of stay, surgical recovery, physical function and activity, self-efficacy, behaviour change, symptoms, health-related quality of life, number of days alive and out of hospital and health service usage and survival. This trial includes one sub-study. The sub-study will recruit eligible people preparing for lung cancer surgery. In the sub-study, 35 participants will receive an individualised inspiratory muscle training and walking program delivered and monitored by telehealth in addition to the main STTARRS trial intervention before surgery.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adults Waiting to Undergo Lung Cancer or Major Abdominal, Open or Video Assisted Cancer Surgery | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (3)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individualised Inspiratory Muscle Training and Walking Program | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Tele-prehabilitation education session: Surgery School | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Usual Care | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (4)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Tele-prehabilitation intervention (Intervention Group)
- description
- The Teleprehabilitaiton intervention (also known as Surgery School) is a one-off group based education session delivered online. Video presentations of 7 key prehabilitation education areas will be facilitated by a live clinician facilitator who will introduce the educational content and answer any questions. All standardised video presentations during the session will be made available to participants through an online password-protected video repository hosted on a video platform after the session and will be available until their surgery.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Tele-prehabilitation education session: Surgery School
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Usual care alone (Control Group)
- description
- Participants allocated to the control group will receive usual care according to their health care team, which may consist of advice on smoking cessation, reduction of alcohol intake, nutritional counselling and medical optimisation in preoperative anaesthetic clinic visits. Participants will be asked to maintain their normal daily activities.
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Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Preparing for lung cancer (open or video assisted) or major abdominal cancer surgery (e.g. upper GI, hepatobiliary or colorectal, open or video assisted). * Provide consent * Have primary treating surgeon approval * Proficient in English to understand testing, video interventions as well as outcome assessments. Exclusion Criteria: * Concurrent, actively treated other malignancy or history of other malignancy treated within the past year. * Severe or unstable psychiatric, cognitive or substance abuse disorders, such that precludes informed consent or interferes with cooperation with trial requirements or current inpatients. * Current inpatients or incarcerated * Surgery date booked \<7 days from consent
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