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PrehabPal: A Digital Tool to Help Older Adults Prepare for Cancer Surgery

United States132 participantsStarted 2023-03-14

Plain-language summary

This is a multi-center, randomized trial investigating the use of PrehabPal web app versus a written surgery prehabilitation instructions among individuals aged 65 years and older preparing for colon cancer surgery. PrehabPal is a web app designed with, and for, older adults preparing for surgery at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). This app has the potential to fill a crucial clinical gap for older cancer patients by designing an individualized prehabilitation program and providing prehabilitation coaching.

Who can participate

Age range65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion criteria

✓. Male or female \>=65 years of age at time of evaluation for colorectal cancer resection.
✓. Documentation of a colorectal diagnosis as evidenced by the following criteria:
✓. Written informed consent (and assent when applicable) obtained from subject or subject's legal representative and ability for subject to comply with the requirements of the study.
✓. Self-reported access to the Internet.
✓. Participant has at least seven days prior to surgery date to optimize for surgery.
✓. English language proficient.

Exclusion criteria

✕. No English language proficiency.
✕. No Internet access.
✕. Documented diagnosis of dementia or Alzheimer's disease.
✕. Surgery scheduled within 7-days.
✕. Presence of a condition or abnormality that in the opinion of the Investigator would compromise the safety of the patient or the quality of the data.

What they're measuring

Proportion of days before surgery engaged in prehabilitation

Timeframe: Up to 14 days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05520866

SponsorUniversity of California, San Francisco

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-01-31

Contact for this trial

Yukino Nakamura

877-827-3222 Yukino.Nakamura@ucsf.edu

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