Clinical trial · Interventional
The Effect of Post-thoracotomy Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Quality of Life
A Prospective Single Centre Open Randomized Trial on the Effect of Post-thoracotomy Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Quality of Life
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of an integrated multidisciplinary rehabilitation program on health related quality of life in the 12 months postoperative period in patients with an elective thoracotomy and to evaluate the effects of the program on general quality of life (SF-36), acute/chronic post-thoracotomy pain, impairment (changes in pulmonary function), disability (exercise capacity) and start to complete recovery (ECOG score of 0 or 1) 12 months postoperatively in patients with an elective thoracotomy.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lung Cancer | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.92 |
| Pulmonary Rehabilitation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Thoracotomy | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| pulmonary rehabilitation | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Pulmonary rehabilitation post-thoracotomy
- description
- Pulmonary rehabilitation post-thoracotomy
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: pulmonary rehabilitation
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- Control
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- SGRQ total score
- timeFrame
- 12 months
Secondary outcomes (3)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 80 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * elective, thoracotomy patients with a surgical intention to cure. * age between 18 and 80 years. * ECOG 0 - 2 post-thoracotomy. Exclusion Criteria: * patients with chronic pain. * a previous thoracotomy. * comorbidity limiting rehabilitation. * non-compliance
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