Acceptability and Feasibility of a Virtual Multimodal (P)Rehabilitation Programme for Gastrointestinal Cancer Patients: The PRIORITY-CONNECT 2 Pilot Randomised Controlled Trial
The results of this pilot trial demonstrate both feasibility and acceptability of the intervention. The full-scale PRIORITY-CONNECT 2 Trial will determine the effectiveness of a virtual multimodal (p)rehabilitation programme for patients undergoing colorectal cancer surgery. Trial registration This trial was registered prospectively with the National Library of Medicine ClinicalTrials.gov Registry (NCT06212700) on 8th January 2024.
Authors
- Kym Sheehan
- Liliana Laranjo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1020-3402)
- Mbathio Dieng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6714-9633)
- Amy M. Cao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9339-6355)
- Stephen Jancewicz
- Carlo Pulitanò (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4420-4107)
- Danette Wright (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9480-9673)
- Jacob McCormick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1951-7731)
- Owen Hutchings (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2793-0027)
- Rachael L. Morton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7834-0572)
- Corina Behrenbruch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2942-2480)
- Douglas Stupart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5571-1673)
- Rihan Shahab
- Kimberley Bostock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1548-4496)
- Kim Delbaere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5655-0234)
- Jerome Laurence (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1123-0122)
- Derek Cunningham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8595-4740)
- Linda Denehy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2926-8436)
- Vicki Patton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6721-0446)
- Nathasha Aranaga Brice
- Leanne Hassett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3546-1822)
- Freya Rubie
- Sascha Karunaratne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7518-0307)
- Olivia Martin
- Basil D’Souza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8588-6768)
- Margaret Anne Allman-Farinelli
- Gaynor Beardsworth
- Kaylene Pring
- Briana Shailer
- Olivia Dwyer
- Rika Johnander
- Kathryn Cherry
- M Salter
- Gino Iori
- Dayan de Fontgalland
- Lauren Reece
- Kirk K. S. Austin
- A Y W Chan
- Fernando Arduini
- Helen Mohan
- Xiaoqiu Liu
- Allan Ben Smith
- Claire Jeon
- Vinna An
- Joseph Cherng Huei Kong
- Cherry Koh
- Thomas Poulton
- Michael Solomon
- Haryana M. Dhillon
- Cheryl Tobler
- Charbel Sandroussi
- Angus Lee
- Howard Tang
- Stephen D. Smith
- Jack Reeves
- Nicholas Hirst
- Annie Zhou
- PRIORITY-CONNECT Collaborators
- Rajni Lal
- Kate Wilson
- Jessica Connell
- Justing Yeun
- Michael Suen
- Nima Ahmadi
- Toan Pham
- Chris Gillespie
- Nabila Ansari
- Tarik Sammour
- Andrew Sutherland
- David Clark
- Deshitha Gardiye Hewawasam Thuduwage
- Phyllis Butow
- Lilian Whitehead
- Christopher Byrne
- Sharon Carey
- Elizabeth Murphy
- Ju Young Cheong
- Qiang Li
- Kate White
- Peter Lee
- Bernhard Riedel
- Daniel Steffens
- Robert Winn
- Manpreet Aulakh
Institutions
- University of Technology Sydney (AU)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Curtin University (AU)
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (AU)
- John Hunter Hospital (AU)
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (AU)
- Cancer Institute of New South Wales (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Cooperative Trials Group for Neuro-Oncology (AU)
- The George Institute for Global Health (AU)
- Sydney Local Health District (AU)
- South Western Sydney Local Health District (AU)
- National Health and Medical Research Council (AU)
- Neuroscience Research Australia (AU)
- Cancer Council NSW (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Annals of Surgical Oncology
- Published
- 2026-03-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-026-19355-0
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 39.15