Personalised Exercise Rehabilitation for Cancer Survivorship

Summary

There is strong evidence that exercise can help improve physical and mental wellbeing after treatment for cancer. However, at present, people with cancer in Ireland are not given the opportunity to have an individual assessment of their physical and psychological wellbeing as part of standard care and are not routinely prescribed exercise-based rehabilitation.

The researchers will run and evaluate a system to i. assess physical and psychological wellbeing of people who have completed cancer treatment, ii. apply a rehabilitation triage system, based on findings of the assessment, iii. refer participants to one of three rehabilitation pathways, as per outcome of the triage process.

Rehabilitation pathways are as follows:

1. Participants who are currently active and have no cancer-specific impairments will receive advice from the physiotherapist on maintaining their current levels of activity.
2. Participants who are not active and have no cancer-specific impairments will be referred to a suitable community-based exercise programme. This programme must contain both resistance and aerobic training and should have some level of supervision from a fitness professional.
3. Participants who are not active and have ongoing cancer-specific impairments will be referred to an oncology specialist physiotherapist, funded through this work, at St James's Hospital for assessment and treatment.

All participants will be encouraged to visit www.cancerrehabilitation.ie for information through out the study. Participants will be reassessed 12 weeks after the initial assessment.

The implementation of this system will be evaluated using the RE-AIM framework.

Conditions

• Cancer

Interventions

OTHER

PERCS Triage and Referral System

Participants will undergo an assessment of physical function and psychosocial wellbeing. Researchers will apply a triage algorithm, based on findings of assessment. Participants will be referred to one of three exercise-based rehabilitation pathways which will best meet their rehabilitation needs. Participants will be re-assessed after 12 weeks. System will be evaluated using RE-AIM framework.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Irish Cancer Society

  collaborator OTHER

• National Cancer Control Programme, Ireland

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Trinity St James's Cancer Institute, Dublin, Ireland

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland

  collaborator OTHER

• Technological University Dublin, Ireland

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Wellcome Trust

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Dublin, Trinity College

  lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-12-12

Primary Completion

2023-09-30

Completion

2023-10-31

Countries

• Ireland

Study Locations