A Home-Based Prehabilitation Exercise Intervention for Improving Physical Function in Patients With Bladder Cancer and Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer, Get Moving Trial

University of Washington128 enrolled

Overview

Prehabilitation refers to the process of improving a patient's functional capabilities prior to a surgical procedure with the goal of decreasing post-surgical inactivity and physical decline. This clinical trial evaluates the utility of a personalized home-based prehabilitation exercise intervention for the improvement of physical function and surgical outcomes in patients with urothelial carcinoma undergoing definitive or consolidative surgery of the bladder (radical cystectomy) or upper tract (nephroureterectomy, ureterectomy) with or without preceding neoadjuvant/systemic therapy. The exercise intervention includes at-home exercise sessions focused on the improvement of core strength and balance as well as personalized step count goals, delivered to patients remotely via a smart-device-based application (ExerciseRx). Encouraging physical activity before surgery may improve physical function and surgical outcomes in patients who are scheduled to undergo surgery for their bladder or urothelial cancer.

OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 arms and are followed from enrollment through surgery, and for 90 days following surgery (total estimated time on study: \~4-7 months). ARM A: Starting at least 4 weeks prior to date of surgery, patients use the ExerciseRx application (app) to follow the (P)REHAB exercise program, which consists of four 20-30 minute home exercise sessions per week approximately 4-6 weeks prior to surgery and personalized step count goal setting and tracking, while receiving standard of care (SOC) chemotherapy, if applicable, prior to SOC surgery, and for 90 days following surgery. Patients also wear a FitBit and use the FitBit app on study. ARM B: Patients receive SOC educational materials and, starting at least 4 weeks prior to date of surgery, patients wear a FitBit and use the FitBit app while receiving SOC chemotherapy, if applicable, prior to SOC surgery. After completion of study intervention, patients are followed up at 90 days following SOC surgery.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

Interventions

Best PracticeOTHER

Receive SOC educational materials

Exercise InterventionOTHER

Receive (P)REHAB exercise program

App-Based InterventionOTHER

Use ExerciseRx app

App-Based InterventionOTHER

Use FitBit app

InterviewOTHER

Ancillary studies

Wearable Activity TrackerOTHER

Wear FitBit

Physical Performance TestingOTHER

Ancillary studies

Questionnaire AdministrationOTHER

Ancillary studies

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 18 years of age or older * English-speaking * Planned treatment with radical cystectomy or radical nephroureterectomy/ureterectomy with or without preceding systemic therapy as indicated by the patient's surgeon with enough time to complete a minimum of 4 weeks of exercises before surgery if enrolled in the (P)REHAB arm * Willing and able to participate in trial activities Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive/mental impairment that will preclude ability to participate in routine exercise activities. Significant cognitive or memory impairment or baseline dementia that would preclude a patient's ability to follow instructions or reproduce exercises * Immobility, inability/unwillingness to perform personalized exercise program. Inability to perform exercises safely from seated or standing position at home or recent falls or high fall risk. Neurologic or orthopedic condition(s) that restricts participation in unsupervised home exercises, such as prior stroke with neurologic impairment, weight-bearing precautions, or unwillingness to participate in exercises * Participants who have nonmuscle-invasive urothelial cancer of the bladder/upper tract anticipating undergoing organ-preserving treatments, or radiographic evidence of metastatic disease involving other organs including brain metastases. * Patients with predominant histology other than urothelial carcinoma of the bladder or upper tracts (e.g. metastasis from another cancer) who would not otherwise be considered candidates for standard definitive or consolidative surgeries (radical cystectomy, ureterectomy, radical nephroureterectomy) with/without treatment with preoperative/neoadjuvant systemic therapy. * Uncontrolled or concurrent illness including, but not limited to, ongoing or active infection, symptomatic congestive heart failure, unstable angina pectoris, cardiac arrhythmia, or psychiatric illness/social situations that would limit compliance with study requirements * Pregnant women are excluded from this study * Inability to understand or read English * Lack of access or lack of sufficient facility to use an Android or iOS smart device with the minimum criteria for using ExerciseRx * Not receiving surgery at UWMC * Participation in a clinical trial that does not permit enrollment in the Get Moving trial

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Trial recruitment

Trial recruitment (proportion enrolled versus eligible, reason for not enrolling) will be described via qualitative report.

Time frame: At enrollment

Trial retention

Trial retention (proportion retained versus all enrolled, reason for not completing) will be described via qualitative report. Successful retention is defined as continued participation within the trial until 4-7 months post enrollment (90 days post surgery) (T3).

Time frame: Through study completion, on average 4-7 months

Change in physical function

Physical function will be measured by the Short Performance Physical Battery (SPPB). Change in physical function will be measured and compared between the (P)REHAB and standard of care arms. SPPB scores range from zero to 12 possible points. SPPB score of 3-9 points in persons with possible sarcopenia but no mobility disability indicates frailty; SPPB score of 10 or greater for persons with no sarcopenia and no mobility disability indicates robustness. Persons with a score of 2 or lower who have sarcopenia, potential cachexia, and mobility disability are determined to be disabled.

Time frame: From enrollment (T1) to 1-4 months post enrollment (before surgery) (T2)

Change in physical function

Time frame: From 1-4 months post enrollment (before surgery) (T2) to 4-7 months post enrollment (90 days post surgery) (T3)

Change in physical function

Time frame: From enrollment (T1) to 4-7 months post enrollment (90 days post surgery) (T3)

Secondary Outcomes

Protocol adherence

Protocol adherence (proportion adhered versus all enrolled, specifics for how protocol was not followed and why) will be described via qualitative report. Protocol adherence for the (P)REHAB arm is defined as completion of \>=70% of all exercise activities (goal 4x weekly, 20-30min/session) as measured using the ExerciseRx app.

Time frame: Through study completion, on average 7 months

Patient experience with use of ExerciseRx app, including app engagement ([P]REHAB arm only) (feasibility)

Qualitative experience will be assessed by Zoom interviews (usability interview) with a subset of volunteer participants from the (P)REHAB arm and app engagement will be assessed by an affinity analysis of the MAUQ

Time frame: Through study completion, on average 7 months

Frailty

Frailty will be assessed using the Cancer and Aging Resilience Geriatric Assessment.

Time frame: From enrollment (T1) to 3-4 months post enrollment (before surgery) (T2)

Frailty

Frailty will be assessed using the Cancer and Aging Resilience Geriatric Assessment.

Time frame: From 3-4 months post enrollment (before surgery) (T2) to 4-7 months post enrollment (90 days post surgery) (T3)

Frailty

Frailty will be assessed using the Cancer and Aging Resilience Geriatric Assessment.

Time frame: From enrollment (T1) to 4-7 months post enrollment (90 days post surgery) (T3

Body composition - fat free mass

Body composition will be measured using a validated, supervised machine learning body composition segmentation algorithm evaluating the skeletal muscle index and fat mass index of deidentified computed tomography scans.

Time frame: From enrollment (T1) to 3-4 months post enrollment (before surgery) (T2)

Body composition - fat free mass

Patient-reported health-related quality of life

Patient reported health-related quality of life will be assessed by a change in European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC-QLQ)-C30. All of the subscales and single-item measures range in score from 0 to 100 and a high scale score represents a higher response level (ranging from 0 = low to 100 = high/healthy level of function; from 0 = low to 100 = high quality-of-life; from 0 = low to 100 = high level of symptomatology/problems). Subscale and global health status scores are each calculated by transforming individual item scores into a 0 to 1 scale, taking the mean, and multiplying by 100.

Time frame: At enrollment, 3-4 months from enrollment (before surgery), 4-7 months from enrollment (90 days post surgery)

Patient-reported health-related quality of life - bladder cancer specific

Bladder cancer-specific patient-reported health-related quality of life will be assessed by a change in European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC-QLQ-Bladder Cancer Muscle-Invasive 30). All subscale and single-item measures range in score from 0 to 100 and a high scale score represents a higher response level (ranging from 0 = low to 100 = high/healthy level of function; from 0 = low to 100 = high quality-of-life; from 0 = low to 100 = high level of symptomatology/problems). Subscale and global health status scores are each calculated by transforming individual item scores into a 0 to 1 scale, taking the mean, and multiplying by 100.

Time frame: From enrollment (T1) to 3-4 months post enrollment (before surgery) (T2)

Patient-reported health-related quality of life - bladder cancer specific

Time frame: From 3-4 months post enrollment (before surgery) (T2) to 4-7 months post enrollment (90 days post surgery) (T3)

Patient-reported health-related quality of life - bladder cancer specific

Time frame: From enrollment (T1) to 4-7 months post enrollment (90 days post surgery) (T3)

Number of participants with post-surgical complications within 90 days graded using the Clavien grading scale

Graded using the Clavien grading scale and reported qualitatively. The Clavien-Dindo Classification is a grading system used throughout surgery for classifying adverse events (complications) that occur as a result of surgical procedures. The system consists of five (I, II, III, IV and V) or seven (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, IVa, IVb and V) grades of severity, with Grade I being low and Grade V being death.

Time frame: Within 90 days of surgery

Surgical outcomes - post discharge disposition

Surgical outcomes include discharge disposition (e.g. discharge to home vs. short term nursing facility versus rehabilitation unit). For patients not discharged to home, will evaluate length of time in a skilled nursing facility or rehabilitation unit as necessary. Surgical outcomes will be reported via qualitative report

Time frame: Through study completion, on average 7 months

A Home-Based Prehabilitation Exercise Intervention for Improving Physical Function in Patients With Bladder Cancer and Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer, Get Moving Trial

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