PrEPS
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Prehabilitation in Elective Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Randomised Controlled Trial
IRAS ID
265113
Contact name
Enoch Akowuah
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
South Tees NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
More than 35,000 patients undergo cardiac surgery in UK every year. Around 10 – 40% of these patients suffer from post-operative complications. It is well known that patients with more health problems and those who are less active are more likely to have complications during and after surgery and may take longer to recover from their surgery.
An exercise programme carried out the weeks leading up to surgery is called prehabilitation and exercise carried out after surgery is called rehabilitation.
The purpose of this trial is to find out if a prehabilitation programme carried out in the weeks leading up to heart surgery can improve fitness before surgery and if this results in better outcomes for patients after surgery.REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Sheffield Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
19/YH/0317
Date of REC Opinion
25 Oct 2019
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion