Short Pre-Surgery exercise test may spot hidden risks
NCT ID NCT07519733
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether a short exercise test done before surgery can help predict complications in adults over 45 having moderate- to high-risk operations. Researchers will collect data from routine care and exercise tests to see if results link to heart, lung, or other problems after surgery. The goal is to improve how doctors assess surgical risk without adding extra procedures.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 992 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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Who is studied
The pool of participants for enrollment in this data repository will be patients that have met criteria for preoperative smCPET screening with EITHER a * Modified Duke Activity Status Index9 score of \<3 or Duke Activity Status Index \< or = 34 * A surgeon's request for preoperative evaluation to assess fitness for surgery * An anesthesiologist request for preoperative evaluation to assess fitness for surgery. * A consulting physician request for preoperative evaluation to assess fitness for surgery. * Or a revised cardiac risk index10 of \>2 with moderate to high risk features (coronary artery disease, cardiomyopathy, echocardiography with reduced ejection fraction, myocardial infarction w/in prior 12 months (but \>6 weeks from scheduled surgery).
- Ages
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45 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * greater than 45 years old * moderate to high-risk noncardiac surgery * surgeon, anesthesiologist or other medical provider requested referral for preoperative high risk evaluation, or * revised cardiac risk index \> or = 2, or * Ambiguous, low or discordant functional capacity by either the Duke Activity status index (DASI \<34) or the modified Duke Activity status index (\< or =3) or * Frailty Index \>1 Exclusion Criteria: * Age \<45 * Absolute contraindication to submaximal cardiopulmonary exercise testing * Impaired decision making capacity * Prisoners * Pregnancy * Severe peripheral vascular disease * Functional limitation precluding the performance of submaximal cardipulmonary exercise testing * Severe active pulmonary disease
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Yale New Haven Hospital, Pre-Surgical Evaluation Clinic
RECRUITINGNew Haven, Connecticut, 06520, United States
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