The use of cardiac rehabilitation services to aid the recovery of patients with bowel cancer: a pilot randomised controlled trial with embedded feasibility study

Hubbard G, Munro J, O'Carroll R, Mutrie N, Kidd L, Haw S, Adams R, Watson AJM, Leslie SJ, Rauchaus P, Campbell A, Mason H, Manoukian S, Sweetman G, Treweek S
Record ID 32016000970
English
Authors' objectives: Colorectal cancer (CRC) survivors are not meeting the recommended physical activity levels associated with improving their chances of survival and quality of life. Rehabilitation could address this problem. The aims of the Cardiac Rehabilitation In Bowel cancer study were to assess whether or not cardiac rehabilitation is a feasible and acceptable model to aid the recovery of people with CRC and to test the feasibility and acceptability of the protocol design.
Authors' recommendations: This study highlighted important challenges to doing a full-scale trial of cardiac rehabilitation but does not, we believe, provide sufficient evidence to reject the possibility of such a future trial. We recommend that any future trial must specifically address the challenges identified in this study, such as suboptimal consent, completion, missing data and intervention adherence rates and recruitment bias, and that an internal pilot trial be conducted. This should have clear 'stop–proceed' rules that are formally reviewed before proceeding to the full-scale trial.
Details
Project Status: Completed
Year Published: 2016
URL for published report: http://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/hsdr04240/#/abstract
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
  • Humans
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Rehabilitation
  • Pilot Projects
  • Cardiac Care Facilities
  • Colorectal Neoplasms
Contact
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