Walk your way to recovery: new platform aims to get seniors moving after cancer surgery
NCT ID NCT06201884
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether using a walking platform every day after cancer surgery helps patients aged 65 and older regain their normal walking speed by the time they leave the hospital. Sixty participants will do short walking sessions starting the day after surgery. The goal is to see if this simple exercise can speed up recovery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- walking platform
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could help elderly patients regain their walking ability faster after cancer surgery, reducing hospital stays and improving recovery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small Phase 2 trial with only 60 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The walking platform may not provide enough benefit over standard care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 60 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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.
- Ages
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65 years and older
- 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: * Men or women aged 65 or over * Candidate for scheduled major oncological surgery and/or surgery with high morbidity * Patient able to walk for 10 minutes on the walking platform at the time of the test * Patient affiliated to a social security system * Signature of informed consent prior to any specific study-related procedure Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with severe undernutrition (BMI\<18, and/or weight loss \>15% in 6 months or \>10% in 1 month) * Emergency surgery * Physical contraindications preventing use of the platform * Simultaneous participation in another clinical study that could compromise the conduct of this study * Patients deprived of their liberty, under guardianship or subject to a legal protection measure, or unable to express their consent. * Patient unable to undergo trial follow-up for geographical, social or psychopathological reasons.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU CAEN
RECRUITINGCaen, France
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Centre Francois Baclesse
RECRUITINGCaen, France
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