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Brief Title: PREoPerAtive pREhabilitation in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer or Liver Cancer (PREPARE)
Official Title: PREoPerAtive pREhabilitation in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer or Liver Cancer (PREPARE)
Study ID: NCT05745558
Brief Summary: The objective of this study is to determine the feasibility (main aim) and effectiveness (secondary aim) of a prehabilitation program in patients with head and neck cancer or liver cancer. Participating patients will participate in a 3-to-6 week rehabilitation program consisting of training and nutritional, smoking cessation and psychosocial counselling.
Detailed Description: In patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer (HNC) or liver cancer, (major) surgery is the standard of care. Nevertheless, surgery may result in complications that have a substantial impact on the physical and psychological state of the patient. Detrimental postoperative outcomes are influenced by unhealthy lifestyle behaviors such as a sedentary lifestyle, smoking and malnutrition. Prehabilitation programs focusing on these lifestyle aspects have been suggested as a promising intervention to improve pre- and postoperative outcomes. Therefore, the obective of this study is to determine the feasibility (main aim) and effectiveness (secondary aim) of a prehabilitation program in patients with HNC or liver cancer This study concerns a prospective cohort study in 60 patients with HNC or liver cancer that participate in a 3 to 6-week pilot prehabilitation program consisting of training and nutritional, smoking cessation and psychosocial counselling. Data on feasibility (program satisfaction, program compliance and percentage of patients willing to participate in the prehabilitation program) and effectiveness (e.g. complications, health status, compliance to healthy lifestyle) is collected at three time points (pre- and post the prehabilitation program and 30 days post-surgery).
Minimum Age: 18 Years
Eligible Ages: ADULT, OLDER_ADULT
Sex: ALL
Healthy Volunteers: No
ErasmusMC, Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands