CARE: Protocol of a randomised trial evaluating the feasibility of preoperative intentional weight loss to support postoperative recovery in patients with excess weight and colorectal cancer.
Dimitrios A KoutoukidisSusan A JebbClaire FosterPete WheatstoneAlison HorneT Martyn HillAmy TaylorAlba X RealpeFelix AchanaSimon James Alexander BuczackiPublished in: Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2023)
CARE will evaluate the feasibility of intensive intentional weight loss as prehabilitation before colorectal cancer surgery. The results will determine the planning of a definitive trial.
Keyphrases
- weight loss
- bariatric surgery
- roux en y gastric bypass
- patients undergoing
- study protocol
- gastric bypass
- minimally invasive
- randomized controlled trial
- healthcare
- coronary artery bypass
- palliative care
- glycemic control
- clinical trial
- open label
- phase iii
- weight gain
- quality improvement
- phase ii
- obese patients
- squamous cell carcinoma
- body mass index
- locally advanced
- adipose tissue
- metabolic syndrome
- radiation therapy
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- chronic pain