# The PREPARE Trial: Exercise Before Surgery to Improve Recovery in Older People With Frailty

> **NCT04221295** · NA · ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · sponsor: **Ottawa Hospital Research Institute** · enrollment: 850 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Frailty
- Surgery--Complications
- Disability Physical

## Interventions

- **BEHAVIORAL:** Exercise Group

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT04221295
- **Lead sponsor:** Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- **Start date:** 2020-02-24
- **Primary completion:** 2024-06-05
- **Final completion:** 2025-05-30
- **Target enrollment:** 850 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2024-08-27


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT04221295

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT04221295, "The PREPARE Trial: Exercise Before Surgery to Improve Recovery in Older People With Frailty". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT04221295. Licensed CC0.

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