Clinical trial · Interventional
Virtual Group Prehabilitation Education (Surgery School) Feasibility Trial
Feasibility Testing and Process Evaluation of a Virtual Group Preoperative Prehabilitation Education Intervention (GoPREPARE)
- 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)
One in four patients requiring planned major surgery have complications. Prehabilitation; which involves increasing physical activity, improving nutrition and supporting emotional well-being prior to surgery can reduce these complications and improve recovery. Group preoperative prehabilitation classes (surgery schools) are advocated by the Centre for Perioperative Care and are standard care in many hospitals, despite a lack of evidence for their effectiveness in improving patient outcomes. In phase 1 an 2 of this research investigators used patient experiences and co-participatory methods to optimise an existing intervention to make it as acceptable and as engaging as possible. The resulting education package is called 'GoPREPARE' Investigators now intend to test the practicalities of trialing GoPREPARE on preoperative patients with cancer. 24 patients awaiting surgery will be recruited from University Hospital Plymouth and randomly allocated equally to: Group - GoPREPARE and Group 2- standard care. Participants will complete lifestyle questionnaires before during and after their hospital stay. To evaluate the experience, \~8 participants will be interviewed. 5 clinical staff involved in the trial will also take part in a focus group. The information collected will be analysed to assess if it is feasible to conduct a larger trial.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer Surgery | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Elective Surgery | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Patient Education | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Prehabilitation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| GoPREPARE | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- GoPREPARE Education Intervention
- description
- A 1.5 live education webinar delivered to groups of patients and their carers before surgery. Delivered by health care professionals.
- interventionNames
- Other: GoPREPARE
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Standard Care
- description
- Patients will be given a standard prehabilitation leaflet
Primary outcomes (6)
- measure
- Feasibility Outcome Measure: Proportion of eligible patients recruited
- timeFrame
- From start of recruitment to recruitment closing. Approximately 6 months
- description
- E.g. number recruited compared with number eligible.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Adults undergoing elective surgery for any body cavity cancer with curative intent. * Adults with more than 3 weeks before planned surgery * Adults without previous experience of prehabilitation. Exclusion Criteria: * Children * Adults who lack mental capacity. * Adults who do not understand spoken English. * Previous experience of prehabilitation. * Previous surgery for cancer * Pregnancy
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