A Phase 1 interventional study of Standard of Care and Rocking Chair Motion in Gastrointestinal Cancer, sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-11-30.
Sponsored by M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment
After having abdominal surgery, patients often experience a lack of bowel function that can cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal swelling, pain, and/or discomfort. This is known as "post-operative ileus." Patients are usually not allowed to leave the hospital until their doctor is sure that their bowel function has returned.
The goal of this clinical research study is to compare using a rocking chair to the standard of care in improving post-operative ileus after abdominal surgery.
The standard method used to help the return of bowel function after surgery is to have patient get out of bed, sit in a chair for a period of time, and then begin walking the first day after surgery. Patients are then asked to increase the time they spend sitting in the chair and walking every day. However, it is not clear that this is the best method to assist in the return of normal bowel function. Some studies have shown that rocking in a rocking chair may help normal bowel function to return more quickly.
Study Groups:
If you agree to take part in this study, you will be randomly assigned (as in the flip of a coin) to 1 of 2 study groups. You will have an equal chance of being assigned to either group:
No matter what group you are in, you will also be asked to begin walking the first day after surgery until you pass gas for the first time after surgery.
You will wear an activity recorder all day attached to a wrist band in order to record your time spent in bed, in the rocking or non-rocking chair, and an activity monitor around your waist to record the time and distance walked during each 24-hour period. The study staff will show you how to wear this activity recorder. You will be encouraged by the study staff to increase the time spent in the chair and walking each day.
You will be given a pencil and pad of paper to note the date and time you first pass gas after surgery.
Study Tests:
On the day before you have surgery, the following tests and procedures will be performed:
Every morning while you are in the hospital and until you pass gas for the first time after surgery:
Length of Study:
You will be on study from the first day after surgery until you pass gas (usually about 3-5 days). You will be taken off study if you cannot tolerate rocking in a rocking chair, sitting in a non-rocking chair, or walking, due to discomfort or any other reason.
This is an investigational study. There are no additional costs to you for taking part in this study.
Up to 80 patients will take part in the study. All will be enrolled at MD Anderson.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Post surgical patient to sit in a non-rocking chair for at least sixty minutes per day, and ambulating at least three times per day.
Procedure: Standard of Care · Behavioral: Questionnaire
Post surgical patient to rock in a rocking chair in 10-20 minute increments for at least sixty minutes per day, and ambulating at least three times per day.
Procedure: Rocking Chair Motion · Behavioral: Questionnaire
Post surgical patient to sit in a non-rocking chair for at least sixty minutes per day, and ambulating at least three times per day.
Post surgical patient to rock in a rocking chair in 10-20 minute increments for at least sixty minutes per day, and ambulating at least three times per day.
Beginning on day of surgery till discharge (3-5 days)
Also known as: Survey
Efficacy of Rocking Chair Motion on Surgical-Induced Stress
Efficacy of rocking chair motion on surgical-induced stress response as measured by salivary cortisol sample collected each morning in two groups of colon cancer patients recovering from abdominal surgery randomized to receive either a rocking chair motion intervention or standard care.
Time frame: 3 - 5 days
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