Clinical trial · Interventional
Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Motor Performance, Robotic Rehabilitation, Nutrition, and Quality of Life
Soft Tissue Sarcoma: Instrumented Evaluation of Motor Performance and Impact of Robotic Rehabilitation, Nutrition and Quality of Life Assessment (START-RUN1)
- 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)
Soft tissue sarcomas are a group of rare and heterogeneous tumors. Surgery is the mainstay of treatment and microscopic negative margins need to be achieved to improve disease local control. We designed this prospective study to evaluate the main features of motor impairment and the impact of tailored robotic rehabilitation techniques in patients treated for localized soft tissue sarcoma (surgery alone, or surgery + radiation or radiochemotherapy). Specific patients' motor strategies will be quantitatively measured through a biomechanical assessment, including the analysis of joint kinematics, and muscle activity timing patterns. Considering the influence of motor impairment after demolitive surgery, a major interest of this study will be focused on nutrition and Quality of life which will be prospectively evaluated by specific questionnaires at different time points.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarcoma, Soft Tissue | Soft Tissue Sarcoma | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Rehabilitation
- description
- Conventional and robotic / technological rehabilitation treatments targeting the upper or lower limb, based on tumor location.
- interventionNames
- Other: Rehabilitation
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Change in patients' physical function after the rehabilitation treatment as assessed by the Toronto Extremity Salvage Score (TESS) score
- timeFrame
- T1 (1 months after surgery); T2 (after 2 months of rehabilitation treatment)
- description
- The Toronto Extremity Salvage Scores is the most commonly used, valid, and disease-specific measure to assess physical function in patients with bone and soft tissue tumors of the extremities undergoing limb salvage surgery. The Italian version will be used. The score ranges from 0 to 100, with 100 being the best score. According to tumor's location, either the upper or the lower limb section will be used. We will employ the Italian version of the TESS.
Secondary outcomes (28)
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: 1. patient with primary and localized STS who is a candidate for limb-sparing surgery or retroperitoneal multivisceral resection (including partial or complete resection of the iliopsoas muscle with functional loss and potential femoral nerve involvement) with curative intent; 2. age 18 years or older. Exclusion Criteria: 1. recurrent tumors; 2. metastatic disease; 3. candidate for palliative and non-radical surgery; 4. refusal to sign informed consent; 5. Pregnant or breastfeeding women at the time of screening.
References
Publications (22)
- BACKGROUNDMcKenzie C, Barker K. Occupational therapy rehabilitation for sarcoma patients following limb salvage surgery: a scoping review. Disabil Rehabil. 2021 Jan;43(2):284-296. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2019.1620874. Epub 2019 Jun 10. PMID 31180732
- RESULTTanaka A, Okamoto M, Kito M, Yoshimura Y, Aoki K, Suzuki S, Takazawa A, Komatsu Y, Ideta H, Ishida T, Takahashi J. Muscle strength and functional recovery for soft-tissue sarcoma of the thigh: a prospective study. Int J Clin Oncol. 2023 Jul;28(7):922-927. doi: 10.1007/s10147-023-02348-4. Epub 2023 May 3. PMID 37133781
- RESULTWilliamson A, Hoggart B. Pain: a review of three commonly used pain rating scales. J Clin Nurs. 2005 Aug;14(7):798-804. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01121.x. PMID 16000093
- RESULTvan Eck I, den Hollander D, Desar IME, Soomers VLMN, van de Sande MAJ, de Haan JJ, Verhoef C, Vriens IJH, Bonenkamp JJ, van der Graaf WTA, van Houdt WJ, Husson O. Unraveling the Heterogeneity of Sarcoma Survivors' Health-Related Quality of Life Regarding Primary Sarcoma Location: Results from the SURVSARC Study. Cancers (Basel). 2020 Oct 22;12(11):3083. doi: 10.3390/cancers12113083. PMID 33105807
- RESULTSlump J, Bastiaannet E, Halka A, Hoekstra HJ, Ferguson PC, Wunder JS, Hofer SOP, O'Neill AC. Risk factors for postoperative wound complications after extremity soft tissue sarcoma resection: A systematic review and meta-analyses. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2019 Sep;72(9):1449-1464. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2019.05.041. Epub 2019 May 23. PMID 31302071
- RESULTRossi L, Boffano M, Comandone A, Ferro A, Grignani G, Linari A, Pellegrino P, Piana R, Ratto N, Davis AM. Validation process of Toronto Exremity Salvage Score in Italian: A quality of life measure for patients with extremity bone and soft tissue tumors. J Surg Oncol. 2020 Mar;121(4):630-637. doi: 10.1002/jso.25849. Epub 2020 Jan 19. PMID 31957034