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Prehabilitation regimen for Pancreatic Resection

N/A
Waitlist Available
Led By Matthew Walsh, MD
Research Sponsored by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Undergoing pancreatic resection over a six-month enrollment
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 4 weeks
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Summary

This trial will help determine if making patients stronger through prehabilitation prior to surgery can improve surgical outcomes.

Eligible Conditions
  • Pancreatic Resection
  • Frailty

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~4 weeks
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 4 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
Change in grip strength
Change in number of chair stands in 30 seconds (chair stand test)
Change in vitals and distance walked via 6-minute walk test
Secondary outcome measures
Energy expenditure
Heart rate
Number of chair sit stands performed
+3 more

Trial Design

1Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Group I: At-home prehabilitation regimenExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Grip strength: Squeeze a stress ball in your hand, holding it squeezed for 5 seconds. Perform this at least thirty times with each hand over the course of a day. Lower body strength: Perform at least one hundred chair sit-stands in a day. Endurance: Walking at least 7,500 steps in a day.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Prehabilitation regimen
2019
N/A
~40

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Case Comprehensive Cancer CenterLead Sponsor
459 Previous Clinical Trials
32,248 Total Patients Enrolled
Matthew Walsh, MDPrincipal InvestigatorCleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
~6 spots leftby Jul 2025
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