NCT05473052

Home-based Exercise Training for Lung Cancer Patients Awaiting Surgery

Home-based Preoperative Exercise Training for Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Surgery: A Feasibility Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 15 (actual)
• Sponsor: Instituto Politécnico de Leiria · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Surgical resection is the only curative treatment in patients diagnosed with lung cancer, the most mortal type of malignancy globally. However, following lung cancer resection, patients experience a substantial deterioration in health-related quality of life and have an increased risk of developing pulmonary complications. Although current clinical guidelines strongly recommend preoperative exercise training to improve clinical outcomes after lung cancer surgery, inaccessibility to facility-based exercise programs is a major barrier to routine participation, with patients indicating a strong preference to exercise in a home-based environment. The primary purpose of the present study was to evaluate the feasibility of a home-based exercise program (HBEP) in lung cancer patients awaiting surgical treatment. The secondary purposes were to evaluate the safety of the HBEP and to explore exercise effects on patients' HRQOL and physical performance, either pre-and post-surgery.

Conditions

• Lung Neoplasm

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Preoperative home-based exercise training	1\) Home-based aerobic and resistance exercise training (preoperative period) Dose of aerobic exercise: 1. Type: Walking 2. Frequency: 3 sessions per week 3. Duration: 30 minutes 4. Intensity: Rate of perceived exertion on Borg Category Ratio-10 (3-5) 5. Progression: Increase the walking duration in 10 minutes (after week 2) Dose of resistance exercise: 1. Type: Six exercises for upper and lower limbs using bodyweight and free-wights of 1-2kg 2. Frequency: 2 sessions per week 3. Duration: 2 sets x 15 repetitions 4. Rest in-between sets: 45 seconds 5. Intensity:Rate of perceived exertion on Borg Category Ratio-10 (3-5) 6. Progression: Increase the number of sets (3 sets of 15 repetitions after week 2\) Weekly telephone supervision: A physical therapist carried out weekly telephone calls with all participants to monitor adverse events, give positive reinforcement and recommend strategies to overcome barriers that arise during the exercise program.

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-02-01
• Primary completion: 2022-07-01
• Completion: 2022-07-01
• First posted: 2022-07-25
• Last updated: 2022-07-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Portugal