Clinical trial · Interventional
Home-based Exercise Training for Lung Cancer Patients Awaiting Surgery
Home-based Preoperative Exercise Training for Lung Cancer Patients Undergoing Surgery: A Feasibility Trial
- 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)
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
Conditions (1)
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 Neoplasm | Lung Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preoperative home-based exercise training | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Preoperative home-based exercise training
- description
- Patients received usual care plus a preoperative home-based exercise program consisting of aerobic and resistance exercise. In addition, a physical therapist carried out weekly telephone supervision with all participants
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Preoperative home-based exercise training
Primary outcomes (4)
- measure
- Recruitment rate
- timeFrame
- Baseline
- description
- Defined as the ratio of recruited patients to those who were eligible, expressed as a percentage.
- measure
- Retention rate
- timeFrame
- Baseline to 4-5 weeks after surgery
- description
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Scheduled for surgical treatment of suspected or confirmed lung cancer (clinical stage IIIA or less) * Waiting time for surgery of at least two weeks from baseline assessment * Medical clearance to exercise. * Signed informed consent prior to initiation of study-related procedures. Exclusion Criteria: * Metastatic cancer * Presence of physical or mental disabilities that contraindicated exercise training or physical testing * Unable to communicate in Portuguese or English * Performing combined aerobic plus resistance training over the past month (self-reported ≥2 days a week, ≥30 minutes each session).
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