Lead Sponsor

University of Michigan

Age

60 - No limit years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

•Patients must have biopsy-proven bladder cancer.
•Patients age ≥60, diagnosed with bladder cancer with planned cystectomy and urinary diversion, +/- neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
•The patient must be able to communicate and understand/complete forms/instructions, and be able to provide informed written consent prior to enrollment. Patients may have the assistance of an interpreter or surrogate when completing forms/surveys as needed.
•Karnofsky performance status ≥70 with the ability to walk unassisted.
•Sedentary baseline lifestyle, with an average of \<180 minutes/week of moderate-intensity aerobic activity.
•Attending surgeon clearance to undergo a supervised exercise training program.

•Contraindication to exercise training, such as skeletal metastases, symptomatic coronary artery disease, severe anemia, or any condition limiting their ability to participate in an exercise training program.
•Patients who require surgery sooner than 28 days from enrollment.