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Home-Based Exercise for Colon Cancer

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Led By Fergal Fleming, MD

Research Sponsored by University of Rochester

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 12 weeks

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial is testing whether exercise can help people before surgery for a bowel issue.

Eligible Conditions

Colon Cancer
Diverticulitis
Colorectal Cancer
Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 12 weeks

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~12 weeks

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 12 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

The measure for this study is fatigue assessed by the FACIT-F fatigue subscale..

Secondary outcome measures

Aerobic Capacity via VO2 maximum testing

Circulating Levels of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines will be measured by standard Complete Blood Count (CBC) differential procedures.

Post-operative Complications will be extracted from patient charts and will be classified for severity using the Clavien-Dindo classification of surgical complications.

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Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Active Control

Group I: Home-Based ExerciseActive Control1 Intervention

Progressive walking and resistance exercise treatment

Group II: Standard CareActive Control1 Intervention

Subjects are advised to maintain their normal level of activity

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of RochesterLead Sponsor

836 Previous Clinical Trials

518,011 Total Patients Enrolled

Fergal Fleming, MD4.215 ReviewsPrincipal Investigator - University of Rochester

University of Rochester

1Patient Review

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Frequently Asked Questions

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Is this research study currently recruiting participants?

"Information present on clinicaltrials.gov confirms that the trial remains open to new participants, with its initial posting dating back to March 1st 2016 and most recent update made on May 17th 2022."

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What is the upper threshold of participants in this research endeavor?

"Affirmative, clinicaltrials.gov indicates that this study is actively seeking participants with a first post date of March 1st 2016 and the most recent update occurring on May 17th 2022. Approximately 83 individuals are needed from one trial site."

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Recent research and studies

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Pre-Habilitation Exercise Intervention

Fergal Fleming 2016. "Pre-Habilitation Exercise Intervention". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02849717.