Home prehab: could exercise and diet before pancreatic cancer surgery improve recovery?

NCT ID NCT06423963

Recruiting now Symptom relief Sponsor: H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tests whether a remote exercise and nutrition program is practical and acceptable for people with pancreatic cancer who are waiting for surgery. Participants will use a Fitbit, get nutrition advice, and do resistance training at home. The goal is to see if this 'prehabilitation' approach can help patients be stronger going into surgery.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance: exercise and nutrition program
What this could lead to: If it works, this could show that a home-based exercise and nutrition program helps pancreatic cancer patients recover better after surgery.
What could go wrong: This is a very small, early feasibility study with only 26 people. It is not designed to prove the program improves health outcomes, only that it is possible to do.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

malignant pancreatic neoplasm pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma pancreatic neoplasm

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

PANCREATIC CANCER

Contacts and locations

Locations

Moffitt Cancer Center
RECRUITING

Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

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