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Nutritional supplementation and prehab for Biliary Tract Cancer

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Led By Prosanto Chaudhury, MD
Research Sponsored by McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
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Must have
Subjects eligible to enter the prehabilitation program will include those aged 18 and above and referred electively for resection of malignancies.
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 8 and 1 week pre-operatively, 4 and 8 weeks post-operatively
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Study Summary

To determine whether a combined nutritional support program and exercise-based prehabilitation is superior to nutritional support alone in increasing functional recovery and reducing post-operative morbidity after surgery for HPB malignancy. To understand which measures of immediate surgical recovery are sensitive to prehabilitation interventions and predict change in later outcome measures.

Eligible Conditions
  • Biliary Tract Cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Liver Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

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

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~8 and 1 week pre-operatively, 4 and 8 weeks post-operatively
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 8 and 1 week pre-operatively, 4 and 8 weeks post-operatively 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 six minute walk test
Secondary outcome measures
Depression and anxiety
Fatigue
Health-related quality of life (HRQL)
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Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Nutritional supplementation and prehabExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
The first group (pre-hab) will receive both nutritional supplementation and a prehabilitation program.
Group II: Prehab exerciseActive Control1 Intervention

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Who is running the clinical trial?

McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health CentreLead Sponsor
442 Previous Clinical Trials
159,110 Total Patients Enrolled
Prosanto Chaudhury, MDPrincipal InvestigatorMcGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

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