Clinical trial · Interventional
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Before Lung Cancer Resection
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Why stopped (as posted): Poor accrual
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This is a study funded by the National Institute of Health. The rationale for the need of this research is the lack of any well proven risk-reducing intervention that may decrease the morbidity of lung cancer resection in patients with COPD or that may improve their quality of life trajectory, a meaningful outcome in the overall disease progression. The proposed intervention is unique as it combines exercise and behavioral interventions that were pilot tested in a randomized single-blinded controlled design in the proposed population and proved feasible and potentially effective. The aim is to test the effect of the proposed rehabilitation on length of stay, pulmonary complications and quality of life trajectory.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Non-small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) | Lung Non-Small Cell Carcinoma | ALIAS | 0.85 |
Interventions
Interventions (4)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| education | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| pedometer | Device | — | UNRESOLVED |
| rehabilitation | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| surgery | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR)
- description
- Patients will receive 10 in-clinic sessions of preoperative Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) two weeks prior to surgery. Patients will receive a Participant Manual demonstrating and explaining the rehabilitation process. Patients will also receive a log for recording their efforts and notes for every day until the day of surgery. A video recording of the intervention from start to finish will be provided to all patients. The video recording should be played in all 10 sessions at the registering site. The PR sessions will include breathing awareness, upper and lower extremity exercise, instructions for inspiratory muscle training using the PFlex valve, practice at home and goal setting. Patients undergo surgery and will be followed until 6 months following surgery. Patients complete follow up questionnaires at 3 and 6 months after discharge.
- interventionNames
- Other: education
- Procedure: rehabilitation
- Procedure: surgery
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Standard of Care
- description
- Patients will receive a pedometer to monitor their daily steps and a pamphlet with exercises plus the standard course of care for patients undergoing lung resection surgery. The patients will not be asked to return the pedometer. The local institutional coordinator will go over the use of the pedometer and the exercise materials with the patient. The patients will be asked to keep a log of their pre-operative steps and mail the log to the registering site. Patients undergo surgery and will be followed until 6 months following surgery. Patients complete follow up questionnaires at 3 and 6 months after discharge.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
1. Patient is scheduled to undergo NSCLC resection: video assisted thoracoscopy (VATS) or open thoracotomy for: limited resection, lobectomy, or pneumonectomy. Surgery must not be scheduled to take place \< 3 weeks after registration. 2. Patient has a doctor diagnosis of COPD. 3. Patient is a current or ex-smoker with a smoking history of ≥ 10 pack years. (Calculated by multiplying the number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day by the number of years the person has smoked. For example, 1 pack-year is equal to smoking 20 cigarettes (1 pack) per day for 1 year, or 40 cigarettes per day for half a year, and so on). 4. Age ≥ 18 yrs
References
Publications (1)
- DERIVEDPerrotta F, Cennamo A, Cerqua FS, Stefanelli F, Bianco A, Musella S, Rispoli M, Salvi R, Meoli I. Effects of a high-intensity pulmonary rehabilitation program on the minute ventilation/carbon dioxide output slope during exercise in a cohort of patients with COPD undergoing lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer. J Bras Pneumol. 2019 Oct 14;45(6):e20180132. doi: 10.1590/1806-3713/e20180132. eCollection 2019. PMID 31618297