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Better in Better Out Cystectomy.

NCT06694649 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2024-11-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The current gold standard for non-metastatic muscle-invasive bladder cancer or treatment-refractory high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer is radical cystectomy (RC). This procedure is associated with high rates of perioperative complications (30-65%) and mortality (1.5-10%). Patients who require radical cystectomy often present with multiple co-morbidities, a certain degree of frailty, functional deficits, and a high level of past or current tobacco use. According to the "better in, better out" principle, it is likely that by improving the physical, nutritional and psychological status, a reduction in morbidity and mortality will be observed.

The literature suggests that multimodal prehabilitation may reduce complications and improve functional recovery after major cancer surgery. Therefore, the prehabilitation programme used in this study includes exercise training, dietary advice, psychological support and smoking cessation advice. Prehabilitation has been offered to a selection of patients with increased risk for postoperative complications since 01/05/2023.

At ZOL Genk, patients receive preparation for RC in one of three ways, depending on a balancing exercise that considers the patient's complexity and frailty, functionality, mobility and other factors. Patient preference and place of residence are also taken into account in determining the most appropriate preparation pathway. 1. The patient is solely encouraged to increase his fitness level by means of independent aerobic exercise. 2. The patient receives a prescription for primary care physiotherapy in his own area. 3. The patient undergoes our full internal prehabilitation program. The primary objective of this study is to compare these three different groups in terms of mortality, ICU length of stay, length of hospital stay, complication rate, type of complications and readmission rate. Finally, patient adherence will be examined.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-11-30
Primary Completion
2024-12-31
Completion
2024-12-31

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