Title Improving Outcomes in Patients With Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancers With a Nutritional and Physical Conditioning Prehabilitation Program
Protocole ID prehab_pilot
ClinicalTrials.gov ID NCT03475966
Cancer Type(s) Pancreas
Phase
Stage
Study Type Support
Drug
Institution CENTRE UNIVERSITAIRE DE SANTE MCGILL
   SITE GLEN
      1001 boul. Décarie , Montréal, QC, H4A 3J1
City Montréal
Principal Investigator Dr. Antonio Vigano
Coordinator
Status Recruiting
Activation Date
Eligibility Criteria
  • A diagnosis or suspicion of either hepatobiliary or pancreatic cancer (primary or metastatic)
  • Must be scheduled for surgical resection between 4-6 weeks of recruitment
Exclusion Criteria
  • Persons with American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) health status class 4-5
  • Comorbid medical, physical and mental conditions (eg: dementia, disabling orthopedic and neuromuscular disease, psychosis)
  • Cardiac abnormalities
  • Severe end-organ disease such as cardiac failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary failure and hepatic failure (alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase >50% over the normal range)
  • Sepsis
  • Morbid obesity (BMI >40)
  • Anemia (hematocrit <30 %)
  • Other conditions interfering with the ability to perform exercise at home or to complete the testing procedures
  • Poor English or French comprehension