Clinical trials: Exercise Prehabilitation
Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Surgery
Exercise Prehabilitation in Congenital Heart Disease
Around 8-12 in every 1000 babies are born with an abnormal heart, known as a congenital heart defect (CHD). Thanks to major advances in medical and surgical care, most babies born with CHD now live into adulthood.
- Trial name
- ACE-CHD (NCT07700459)
- Testing
- Exercise prehabilitation
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 32 people
- Sponsor
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Cirrhosis, Liver, Liver Transplant Surgery
Online Prehabilitation for Patients Awaiting Liver Transplantation
Physical frailty is common in patients awaiting liver transplantation and has been associated with poor health outcomes. There is promising data from small studies showing that behavioural, nutrition, exercise therapy…
- Conditions
- Cirrhosis, Liver, Liver Transplant Surgery, Liver Disease
- Trial name
- OPAL (NCT05899231)
- Testing
- Prehabilitation Programming
- Where
- 6 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 177 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Prostate Cancer, Muscle Loss
Resistance Exercise, IL-7 and Immune Phenotypes in Prostate Cancer
Hormone therapy for prostate cancer typically causes significant muscle loss. Skeletal muscle releases Interleukin-7 (IL-7), a signalling protein that supports the production of new immune cells.
- Trial name
- NCT07724080
- Testing
- Supervised Resistance Exercise Programme
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- University of Bath
Prehabilitation, Exercise
Prehabilitation for Ovarian Cancer Patients
Individuals with ovarian cancer have very poor survival rates. This is because the cancer is not usually detected until it has reached advanced stages.
- Conditions
- Prehabilitation, Exercise, Frailty, Ovarian Cancer
- Trial name
- NCT05364879
- Testing
- Prehabilitation Exercise Intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 108 people
- Sponsor
- Nova Scotia Health Authority