Contact details

Name: Professor John Saxton

Job title: Professor in Clinical Exercise Physiology

Location: Hull University Teaching Hospitals Trust and University of Hull

Email: john.saxton@hull.ac.uk

Specialities and research

Speciality

• Exercise physiology
• Exercise interventions
• Prehabilitation
• Exercise rehabilitation

Research interests

The role of exercise in improving cancer patient outcomes, from prehabilitation to rehabilitation to long-term survivorship.

Type of research

• Clinical trials
• Feasibility/pilot studies

Clinical trial experience

Chief investigator

• PREPARE-ABC – 3-arm multicentre randomised controlled trial with internal pilot (Co-Chief Investigator with Mr James Hernon, NNUH). The primary objective is to assess the effects of pre- and postoperative exercise on surgical outcomes and longer-term health-related quality of life in cancer patients undergoing colorectal resection.

Co-investigator

• Prehabilitation with wearables versus standard of care before major abdominal cancer surgery: a randomised controlled pilot study (trial registration: NCT04047524) (CI: Mr Omer Aziz). Prehabilitation intervention monitored with wrist-worn smart watch and associated app.

Postgraduate supervision

John is currently a PhD/MD supervisor.

More information

• Research profile

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