NCT06716437

Prehabilitation for Patients Undergoing Lung Cancer Surgery

Digitally Enabled Prehabilitation in a Community-based Setting for Patients Undergoing Lung Cancer Surgery

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 25 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Melbourne · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Major surgery has been linked to running a marathon as in both represent large endeavours where the body will experience an increase in demands to supply the necessary energy. It has been alledged that, as one would train to prepare for a marathon, the same should be applied to surgery. The process of getting ready and/or fitter for surgery is frequently referred to as prehabilitation and it usually involves interventions on improving nutrition and diet, getting fit and improve emotional wellness. Prehabilitation can improve the recovery after surgery and reduce the time spent in hospital afterwards. This research seeks to determine whether a home based program of increased physical activity and breathing training can improve patients' physical and respiratory function in preparation for lung cancer surgery.

Detailed description

Patients with lung cancer who are scheduled to undergo lung resection surgery will be provided with a digitally-enabled, remotely-monitored prehablitation program. The intervention will consist of the following components: i) general education; ii) inspiratory muscle training; iii) physical activity coaching; and iv) home-based exercise training. The program will be supported with a mobile app and weekly telehealth sessions with one experienced physiotherapist. Participants will be assessed at baseline and at the end of the intervention, prior to surgery. Participants will be contacted and scheduled to undergo face-to-face assessments on lung function, respiratory muscle strength, and functional capacity both at baseline and after the prehabilitation program.

Conditions

• Lung Cancer (NSCLC)

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Prehabilitation	Patients will undergo a physiotherapy-led digitally-enabled prehabilitation program before lung resection surgery. The intervention will be delivered through a mobile app and supported by tele-health and will consist of: i) watching six educational videos embedded on the app on relevant topics to prepare for surgery, such as the importance of physical fitness, breathing exercises after surgery, and pain management. ii) a physical activity coaching program to increase daily activity with feedback iii) a home-based, unsupervised exercise program consisting of 10 whole body strengthening exercises delivered in a video format iv) an inspiratory muscle training program using a hand-held device to be performed twice daily.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-01-24
• Primary completion: 2025-05-30
• Completion: 2025-06-30
• First posted: 2024-12-04
• Last updated: 2025-04-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Australia