Family power: exercise and nutrition program may cut surgery complications in stomach cancer
NCT ID NCT07183358
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a family-supervised program combining exercise, nutrition advice, and psychological support can reduce complications after stomach cancer surgery. About 90 adults who will receive chemotherapy before surgery are randomly assigned to either the program plus usual care or usual care alone. The main goal is to see if the program lowers the rate of serious problems like infections or bleeding within 30 days after surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- family-supervised multimodal prehabilitation (exercise, nutrition, and psychological support)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this program could help gastric cancer patients recover faster and have fewer serious complications after surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 90 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The program is behavioral, so its benefits depend on patient adherence and family support.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
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18 to 80 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 18-80 years * Histologically proven gastric adenocarcinoma by gastroscopy * Clinical stage T2-4a, N any, M0 planned for neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus radical gastrectomy * ECOG performance status 0-1; ASA class I-III * Able to understand the study and provide signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Previous or concurrent malignancies * Emergent conditions (bleeding, perforation, obstruction) requiring immediate surgery * Pregnant or lactating women * Severe psychiatric disorders * Prior major abdominal surgery (except laparoscopic cholecystectomy) * Unstable angina, myocardial infarction, or cerebrovascular event within 6 months * Continuous use of NSAIDs, corticosteroids, or probiotics within 1 month * Simultaneous surgery for other diseases * FEV1 \< 50 % predicted * Any condition that, in the investigator's opinion, contraindicates participation
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Qingdao University Affiliated Hospital
Qingdao, Shandong, 266003, China
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