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Ovarian CancerPhase 1/2NCT06412510

Prehabilitation for EOC, Fallopian Tube, Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma and Pancreatic Cancer w/ NACT

A Phase 1/2 study testing Prehabilitation in people with Ovarian Cancer and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, run by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

Active, not recruiting

Under way, not looking for participants. Everyone needed has enrolled. The study is still running.

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Trial summary

The purpose of this study is to see whether participants who are assigned to a multimodal prehabilitation intervention during chemotherapy are able to adhere with exercise and nutrition program to prepare for their cancer surgery. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 65 years and older
What is being tested?
Prehabilitation
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
1 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
5 Sep 2025to Sep 2026
Phase
Phase 1/2
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 65 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Age 65 and older
  • Patients with diagnosis of advanced (Stage III or IV) epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or
  • Patients with diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) (Stage I, II, or III) undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
  • Patients with locally advanced esophageal cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
  • Patients with locally advanced muscle invasive bladder cancer undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Who cannot join

  • Life expectancy less than 3 months in the opinion of the treating physician
  • Patients unable to provide informed consent.
  • Wheelchair bound patients/ physical immobility.
  • Severe cardiopulmonary disease defined as NYHA class III or IV
  • Patients with malignant bowel obstruction who will require surgical intervention or nutritional support in the form of enteral or parenteral nutrition will also be excluded.
  • Patients with any other comorbidity or condition, which, in the opinion of the enrolling investigator, would place the patient at unnecessarily higher greater risk or burden, or participating in the study would not be in the best interests of the patient.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer institute, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center

    Cleveland, Ohio, 44195

Other trials in United States

About this study

Official title: Prehabilitation for Elderly Patients With Advanced Epithelial Ovarian, Fallopian Tube, Primary Peritoneal Carcinoma and Pancreatic Cancer Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy

The purpose of this study is to see whether participants who are assigned to a multimodal prehabilitation intervention during chemotherapy are able to adhere with exercise and nutrition program to prepare for their cancer surgery.

Read the detailed description

Elderly participants with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) and pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC) undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) are often frail and malnourished. Both chemotherapy and disease burden are associated with a decline in muscle mass leading to decrease in physical strength and cardiovascular fitness. Limited efforts have focused on decreasing morbidity at time of chemotherapy and surgery and improving functional capacity. Exercise during chemotherapy has been shown to improve chemotherapy related symptoms and quality of life in participants with breast cancer participants. In surgical patient populations, preoperative rehabilitation (prehabilitation) has been shown to improve walking capacity, decrease hospital length of stay, perioperative complications, and cost. However, whether multimodal prehabilitation improves the functional capacity and perioperative outcomes of EOC and PDAC participants undergoing NACT compared to standard of care is unknown. Investigators aim to evaluate if prehabilitation in participants with EOC and PDAC undergoing NACT improves physical fitness/ functional outcomes, perioperative outcomes, nutritional status, and quality of life compared to standard of care.

Being tested
Prehabilitation
Keywords
Ovarian Cancer, Neoadjuvant chemotherapy
Medical subject headings
Ovarian Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • PrehabilitationOther

    Exercise Intervention: SmartGyms, band or smartphone used to scan into the TechnoGym MyWellness kiosk, which controls the TechnoGym Excite Live and Biostrength equipment. The exercise session will consist of a program that adheres to the FITT (Frequency, Intensity, Timing, and Type) exercise prescription in accordance with ACSM 2018 ACSM Roundtable recommendations for Physical Function for combined Aerobic and Resistance training.

    Nutrition Intervention: 30 gm protein supplement

    Supportive care/Mind-body intervention: Yoga, mindfulness practices, art therapy, and music therapy

Study groups in NCT06412510
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Intervention - Arm 1ExperimentalExercise Intervention: Participants will be referred to Langston Hughes Community Center and work with exercise physiologists who will utilize our SmartGym ecosystem in providing exercise assessments, prescriptions, and training. Nitrition Intervention: Participants in the intervention group will be provided with 1-2 bottles of high protein oral nutritional supplements daily (ONS) to ensure that protein needs are met daily. There will be two options of ONS to choose from: one option a high calorie, high protein supplement, and the other option a low fat/low sugar, high protein supplement. Supportive care/Mind-body intervention: Participants will have access to Taussig Cancer Institute Patient Support services that are offered for free.
Receives: Other: Prehabilitation
Control - Arm 2No interventionExercise: Standard of care. Level of activity will be reported and monitored at each visit through study coordinator assessment and patient interview. Nutrition: Participants will be referred to dietitian and will be seen for a baseline evaluation, as needed throughout treatment and post treatment. A full nutrition assessment will be performed, and malnutrition diagnosis will be documented. When no malnutrition is identified participants will be provided general nutrition counseling related to their cancer type, cancer treatment, and recommendations for symptom management as needed. Those participants identified to be malnourished to any degree will receive personalized medical nutrition therapy including nutrition interventions to improve caloric intake. Supportive care/Mind-body intervention: Per standard of care, participants will be offered support services from Taussig Cancer Institute program.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Rate of adherence as calculated by the compliance percentage

    Compliance will be defined as completion of at least 2 exercise sessions per week (75%) for the duration of the study.

    Measured: 6 weeks post intervention

Secondary outcomes (20)
  1. Change in effectiveness of prehabilitation as assessed by 1 Rep Max Isokinetic strength test

    Rep Max Isokinetic Strength Test measured by BiostrengthTM Maximal Strength

    Measured: Baseline, 6 weeks post intervention

  2. Change in effectiveness of prehabilitation as assessed by Grade Exercise Test Grade Exercise Test measured by Grade Exercise Test.

    At baseline, and within the immediate post-exercise recovery, rating of perceived exertion (RPE; Borg scale, 6-20) will be assessed. Peak exercise exhaustion was verified if two or more of the following criteria were met: 1)96 HR within 10 bpm of age-predicted maximum HR (220-age), 2) RPE > 17, and/or 3) a plateau in HR (<3 bpm change over the last two intensity stages).

    VO2 max will be calculated by ACSM's Treadmill Walking Equation:

    VO2 [ml/kg/min] = (0.1 x speed) + (1.8 x Speed x Grade) 3.5 ml/kg/min

    Measured: Baseline, 6 weeks post intervention

  3. Change in effectiveness of prehabilitation as assessed by timed up and go test

    Timed up and go test is one unit of time to measure how fast patients can move

    Measured: Baseline, 6 weeks post intervention

  4. Change in effectiveness of prehabilitation as assessed by grip strength test

    Grip strength test measured by handheld dynamometer

    Measured: Baseline, 6 weeks post intervention

  5. Change in effectiveness of prehabilitation as assessed by 30 second sit to stand test

    The number of times a patient can rise to a standing position from a seated position without the use of their upper extremities is counted in a thirty second period.

    Measured: Baseline, 6 weeks post intervention

  6. Change in measure of balance as assessed by unipedal stance test

    This is a measure of balance and is assessed by asking the participant to stand on one foot (of their choice) with the lifted foot remaining close to their opposite ankle, first with eyes open and then with eyes closed.The amount of time a participant can stand on one foot is recorded.

    Measured: Baseline, 6 weeks post intervention

  7. Effectiveness of prehabilitation as assessed by measuring the change in body mass composition

    Body composition measured using contrast-enhanced CT scan

    Measured: Baseline, 6 weeks post-intervention

  8. Effectiveness of prehabilitation as assessed by the change in nutritional status

    Assessed for the presence of malnutrition per the Cleveland Clinic organization's standard of care based on American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) (ASPEN/AND) guidelines, and by assessing changes in the degree of malnutrition throughout the study period

    Measured: Baseline, Cycle 2 day 1, cycle 3 day 1, cycle 4 day 1(each cycle is 21 days) and 6 weeks post-intervention

  9. Quality of life as assessed by FACT-G7 (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy)

    Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy(FACT-G7) to assess the illness is measured on a scale from 0 to 4, where 0 is 'not at all' and 4 is 'very much'

    Measured: At baseline

  10. Quality of life as assessed by FACT-G7 (Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy)

    Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy(FACT-G7) to assess the illness is measured on a scale from 0 to 4, where 0 is 'not at all' and 4 is 'very much'

    Measured: Up to 6 weeks post intervention

  11. Quality of life as assessed by FACT-O

    FACT-O to assess the illness is measured on a scale from 0 to 4, where 0 is 'not at all' and 4 is 'very much'

    Measured: At baseline

  12. Quality of life as assessed by FACT-O

    FACT-O to assess the illness is measured on a scale from 0 to 4, where 0 is 'not at all' and 4 is 'very much'

    Measured: Up to 6 weeks post intervention

  13. Effectiveness of prehabilitation as assessed by Chemotherapy toxicity

    Chemotherapy toxicity as measured by the standard CTCAE v5 grading system

    Measured: At cycle 2, day 1(each cycle is 21 days)

  14. Effectiveness of prehabilitation as assessed by Chemotherapy toxicity

    Chemotherapy toxicity as measured by the standard CTCAE v5 grading system

    Measured: At cycle 3, day 1(each cycle is 21 days)

  15. Effectiveness of prehabilitation as assessed by Chemotherapy toxicity

    Chemotherapy toxicity as measured by the standard CTCAE v5 grading system

    Measured: At cycle 4, day 1(each cycle is 21 days)

  16. Effectiveness of prehabilitation as assessed by Chemotherapy toxicity

    Chemotherapy toxicity as measured by the standard CTCAE v5 grading system

    Measured: Up to 6 weeks post intervention

  17. Effectiveness of prehabilitation as assessed by participant acceptability of intervention survey using IAM(Intervention appropriateness measure)

    IAM is measured on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is completely disagree and 5 is completely agree.

    Measured: Up to 6 weeks post intervention

  18. Effectiveness of prehabilitation as assessed by participant acceptability of intervention survey using FIM(Feasibility of intervention measure)

    FIM is measured on a scale of 1 to 5, where 1 is completely disagree and 5 is completely agree.

    Measured: Up to 6 weeks post intervention

  19. Effectiveness of prehabilitation as assessed by participant acceptability scale

    Participant acceptability of anxiety and depression screening as measured by Hospital anxiety and depression scale(HADS) scoring from 0-21 where 0-7 is normal;8-10 is borderline abnormal; 11-21 is abnormal

    Measured: Baseline

  20. Effectiveness of prehabilitation as assessed by participant acceptability scale

    Participant acceptability of anxiety and depression screening as measured by Hospital anxiety and depression scale(HADS) scoring from 0-21 where 0-7 is normal;8-10 is borderline abnormal; 11-21 is abnormal

    Measured: Up to 6 weeks post intervention

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted14 May 2024
  2. Study start5 Sep 2025
  3. Primary completionSep 2026 (estimated)
  4. Study completionSep 2026 (estimated)

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 1/2
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
1 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT06412510
Sponsor's protocol ID
CASE3824
Status last verified
Sep 2026
First submitted
8 May 2024
Last updated
15 Sep 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: All IPD that underlie results in publication will be shared with scientific journals during peer-review or at scientific/medical conferences/meetings. All IDP will be anonymized.

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 1/2 study testing Prehabilitation in people with Ovarian Cancer and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer, run by Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 15 Sep 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this combined phase mean?

Phase 1 studies test a treatment in a small group of people for the first time or in a new way, mainly to check safety and find the right dose.

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Rate of adherence as calculated by the compliance percentage (time frame: 6 weeks post intervention). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 15 Sep 2026.

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