NCT03888027: WalkMORE

WalkMORE: A Volunteer-driven Walking Intervention

Suspended NA Last updated 15 October 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing WalkMORE group in Frailty in 800 participants. Suspended.

Timeline

6 May 2019

Primary endpoint
13 March 2020

13 March 2026

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's
Phase	NA
Status	Suspended
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	supportive care
Enrollment	800
Start date	6 May 2019
Primary completion	13 March 2020
Estimated completion	13 March 2026
Sites	1 location across Canada

Drugs / interventions tested

• WalkMORE group

Conditions studied

• Frailty — all drugs for Frailty →
• Deconditioning — all drugs for Deconditioning →
• Early Ambulation — all drugs for Early Ambulation →

Sponsor

London Health Sciences Centre Research Institute OR Lawson Research Institute of St. Joseph's

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Frailty or Deconditioning. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Patients admitted to hospital typically experience periods of decreased activity or bed-rest. This reduced activity level leads to deconditioning - a loss of muscle mass, muscle strength (by 2-5% per day), and muscle shortening. Even among patients who were ambulatory at the time of admission, deconditioning has been linked with deleterious effects, such as increased rates of falls, functional decline, and frailty. Furthermore, it has been suggested that the physiological stresses associated with hospitalization - including deconditioning, as well as sleep deprivation and poor nutrition - makes discharged patients vulnerable to recurrent or new illnesses and to frailty. This physiological stress-induced vulnerability has been coined "post-hospital syndrome" and is thought to have a role in most hospital readmissions. The investigators hypothesize that by engaging ambulatory patients to walk with trained volunteers, patients will increase their amount of walking, have less deconditioning and functional decline, and consequently, fewer falls. Furthermore, the investigators anticipate that patients who walk with a trained volunteer will have reduced length-of-stay in hospital and decreased likelihood of readmission. Finally, as shown in other similar programs, the investigators anticipate an overall improvement in the patient experience. The investigator's novel initiative focuses on a single, volunteer-based intentional ambulation program that can deliver the benefits of early mobility in a cost-effective way. The program design engages trained volunteers to increase patient ambulation in a way that both increases patient mobility and reduces healthcare professionals' workload.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.