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The effects of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy and an in-hospital exercise training programme on physical fitness and quality of life in locally advanced rectal cancer patients: a randomised controlled trial (The EMPOWER Trial)

BACKGROUND: The EMPOWER trial aimed to assess the effects of a 9-week exercise prehabilitation programme on physical fitness compared with a usual care control group. Secondary aims were to investigate the effect of (1) the exercise prehabilitation programme on psychological health; and (2) neoadjuv...

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Autores principales: Loughney, Lisa, West, Malcolm A., Moyses, Helen, Bates, Andrew, Kemp, Graham J., Hawkins, Lesley, Varkonyi-Sepp, Judit, Burke, Shaunna, Barben, Christopher P., Calverley, Peter M., Cox, Trevor, Palmer, Daniel H., Mythen, Michael G., Grocott, Michael P. W., Jack, Sandy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8216760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34154675
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13741-021-00190-8
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: The EMPOWER trial aimed to assess the effects of a 9-week exercise prehabilitation programme on physical fitness compared with a usual care control group. Secondary aims were to investigate the effect of (1) the exercise prehabilitation programme on psychological health; and (2) neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (NCRT) on physical fitness and psychological health. METHODS: Between October 2013 and December 2016, adults with locally advanced rectal cancer undergoing standardised NCRT and surgery were recruited to a multi-centre trial. Patients underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) and completed HRQoL questionnaires (EORTC-QLQ-C30 and EQ-5D-5L) pre-NCRT and post-NCRT (week 0/baseline). At week 0, patients were randomised to exercise prehabilitation or usual care (no intervention). CPET and HRQoL questionnaires were assessed at week 0, 3, 6 and 9, whilst semi-structured interviews were assessed at week 0 and week 9. Changes in oxygen uptake at anaerobic threshold (VO(2) at AT (ml kg(−1) min(−1))) between groups were compared using linear mixed modelling. RESULTS: Thirty-eight patients were recruited, mean age 64 (10.4) years. Of the 38 patients, 33 were randomised: 16 to usual care and 17 to exercise prehabilitation (26 males and 7 females). Exercise prehabilitation significantly improved VO(2) at AT at week 9 compared to the usual care. The change from baseline to week 9, when adjusted for baseline, between the randomised groups was + 2.9 ml kg (−1) min (−1); (95% CI 0.8 to 5.1), p = 0.011. CONCLUSION: A 9-week exercise prehabilitation programme significantly improved fitness following NCRT. These findings have informed the WesFit trial (NCT03509428) which is investigating the effects of community-based multimodal prehabilitation before cancer surgery. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01914068. Registered 1 August 2013. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s13741-021-00190-8.