Pre-Habilitation with Mindfulness and Exercise for Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy (PRIMER Trial)
Trial Parameters
Brief Summary
The PRIMER (Pre-Habilitation With Mindfulness and Exercise for Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy) trial is a pilot designed to estimate the feasibility of integrating a home-based pre-operative exercise and mindfulness program (pre-habilitation program) for patients scheduled to undergo radical cystectomy for bladder cancer in an attempt to improve both physical and psychological conditioning pre-operatively.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Provision of signed and dated informed consent form * Stated willingness to comply with all study procedures and availability for the duration of the study * Male or female, aged ≥18 years of age * Good surgical candidate determined by treating surgeon * Histologically documented muscle invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder, high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, non-muscle invasive bladder cancer refractory to BCG, cisplatin ineligible muscle invasive bladder cancer receiving upfront cystectomy, urothelial carcinoma of the bladder with variant histology * Adequate Organ Function per protocol definition * ECOG performance status ≤2 * Received medical clearance to complete cardiopulmonary exercise testing * Willing to use the personal or study provided devices for monitoring and performing the exercise routines. * Fluent in English or Spanish for the EORTC QLQ questionnaire * No known contraindications to high intensity exercise Exclusion Criteria: *