At a glance
- What the study gets you
- Access to the study treatment being tested
- Type of study
- Interventional (receives a drug or procedure)
- Time in hospital
- In-person visits at study sites — visit count not specified by the sponsor
- Drug or intervention
- GoPREPARE (other)
- How long the study runs
- Study runs about 10 months (dates as stated)
- About the drug or intervention
- GoPREPARE — other: GoPREPARE is a live interactive virtual education and behaviour change intervention delivered by healthcare professionals to groups of patients and their family, friends and carers which aims to prepare them for major cancer surgery.
- Patient visit burden
- Not specified by the sponsor
- Type of study
- Testing a treatment
- Ages
- 18 Years and over
- Who
- All
- Number of participants
- 24
- Started
- 2025-09-02
- Last checked
- 2025-07
Plain English Summary
What is this study?
- • Testing a new treatment for cancer surgery
- • NA - 24 participants
- • One in four patients requiring planned major surgery have complications
Who can take part?
- • Ages 18 Years and over
- • Diagnosed with cancer surgery
Where?
- • Plymouth - University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
This is a simplified summary. Always discuss with your doctor before making any decisions.
About This Trial
One in four patients requiring planned major surgery have complications. Prehabilitation; which involves increasing physical activity, improving nutrition and supporting emotional well-being prior to surgery can reduce these complications and improve recovery. Group preoperative prehabilitation classes (surgery schools) are advocated by the Centre for Perioperative Care and are standard care in many hospitals, despite a lack of evidence for their effectiveness in improving patient outcomes. In phase 1 an 2 of this research investigators used patient experiences and co-participatory methods to optimise an existing intervention to make it as acceptable and as engaging as possible. The resulting education package is called 'GoPREPARE' Investigators now intend to test the practicalities of trialing GoPREPARE on preoperative patients with cancer. 24 patients awaiting surgery will be recruited from University Hospital Plymouth and randomly allocated equally to: Group - GoPREPARE and Group 2- standard care. Participants will complete lifestyle questionnaires before during and after their hospital stay. To evaluate the experience, \~8 participants will be interviewed. 5 clinical staff involved in the trial will also take part in a focus group. The information collected will be analysed to assess if it is feasible to conduct a larger trial.
More detail
See uploaded protocol
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What we know so far
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Eligibility at a Glance
Key info
- Age: 18 Years and over
- Who can join: All genders
What the study is looking for
- ✓Adults undergoing elective surgery for any body cavity cancer with curative intent.
- ✓Adults with more than 3 weeks before planned surgery
- ✓Adults without previous experience of prehabilitation.
Who cannot take part
- ✗Children
- ✗Adults who lack mental capacity.
- ✗Adults who do not understand spoken English.
- ✗Previous experience of prehabilitation.
- ✗Previous surgery for cancer
See the full criteria
Where Is This Study? (1 UK site)
University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
Plymouth PL6 8DH, United Kingdom
How to Get in Touch
Imogen C Fecher-Jones, MSc
Sponsor contactCONTACT
Sharon Davies-Dear
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