Effectiveness of the concept of prehabilitation before gastric and esophageal surgery

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00037233

Enrollment

Registered

2025-11-06

Start date

2025-07-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-11-24

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Conditions

C15

Interventions

Group 1: Implementation of a prehabilitation program consisting of sports and exercise therapy, nutritional therapy (high-calorie diet) and respiratory therapy for the duration of the initial consulta

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: planned oncological gastric or esophageal resection + receipt of neoadjuvant therapy

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Lack of legal capacity Lack of patient consent Presence of pregnancy Primary surgery without neoadjuvant therapy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Clavien-Dindo on postoperative day 30	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Rate of postoperative complications Rate of severe postoperative complications (= Clavien-Dindo grade 3) Mortality rate Hospital length of stay ICU length of stay Healthcare costs	—

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactMatthias Glanemann

Universität des Saarlandes

allgemeinchirurgie.studien@uks.eu06841/16-31000

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026