Clinical trial · Interventional
Prehabilitation for Patients Undergoing Lung Cancer Surgery
Digitally Enabled Prehabilitation in a Community-based Setting for Patients Undergoing Lung Cancer Surgery
- 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)
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.
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 Cancer (NSCLC) | Malignant Lung Neoplasm | CURATED_EXACT | 0.85 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prehabilitation | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Prehabilitation arm
- description
- Patients will receive the prehabilitation program
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Prehabilitation
Primary outcomes (2)
- measure
- Feasibility of the intervention
- timeFrame
- From enrollment to the end of the study approximately one week after surgery
- description
- Feasibility of the intervention determined by enrolment rate (number of patients who accept participation in the trial vs. number of eligible patients)
- measure
- App usability and acceptability
- timeFrame
- Within one week before surgery
- description
- The app usability will be measured with a questionnaire (the mHealth App Usability Questionnaire). The questionnaire consists of 21 items on a likert scale ranging from 1 (disagree) to 7 (agree) assessing different domains of a mHealth app. A median of 4.5 out of 7 across all domains will be considered as high usability and acceptability.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosis of lung cancer and scheduled for lung resection surgery * Ability to understand and speak English to follow instructions and complete the intended assessments. * Age ≥ 18 years at the point of baseline screening * Provide written informed consent for the trial * Sufficient digital literacy to use a smartphone and mobile app * No contraindications for exercise Exclusion Criteria: * Other cancer diagnoses than lung cancer * Surgery scheduled in less than one week * Unstable psychiatric, cognitive or substance abuse disorders that would interfere with cooperation with the requirements of the trial
References
Publications (7)
- BACKGROUNDWaterland JL, Ismail H, Amin B, Granger CL, Denehy L, Riedel B. Patient acceptance of prehabilitation for major surgery: an exploratory survey. Support Care Cancer. 2021 Feb;29(2):779-785. doi: 10.1007/s00520-020-05547-1. Epub 2020 May 28. PMID 32462351
- BACKGROUNDWhish-Wilson GA, Edbrooke L, Cavalheri V, Denehy L, Seller D, Granger CL, Parry SM. Physiotherapy and Exercise Management of People Undergoing Surgery for Lung Cancer: A Survey of Current Practice across Australia and New Zealand. J Clin Med. 2023 Mar 9;12(6):2146. doi: 10.3390/jcm12062146. PMID 36983146
- BACKGROUNDKunadharaju R, Saradna A, Ray A, Yu H, Ji W, Zafron M, Mador MJ. Post-Operative Outcomes of Pre-Thoracic Surgery Respiratory Muscle Training vs Aerobic Exercise Training: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2023 May;104(5):790-798. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2022.10.015. Epub 2022 Dec 17. PMID 36539175
- BACKGROUNDFerreira V, Lawson C, Ekmekjian T, Carli F, Scheede-Bergdahl C, Chevalier S. Effects of preoperative nutrition and multimodal prehabilitation on functional capacity and postoperative complications in surgical lung cancer patients: a systematic review. Support Care Cancer. 2021 Oct;29(10):5597-5610. doi: 10.1007/s00520-021-06161-5. Epub 2021 Mar 25. PMID 33768372
- BACKGROUNDSebio Garcia R, Yanez Brage MI, Gimenez Moolhuyzen E, Granger CL, Denehy L. Functional and postoperative outcomes after preoperative exercise training in patients with lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2016 Sep;23(3):486-97. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivw152. Epub 2016 May 25. PMID 27226400
- BACKGROUNDCavalheri V, Granger CL. Exercise training as part of lung cancer therapy. Respirology. 2020 Nov;25 Suppl 2:80-87. doi: 10.1111/resp.13869. Epub 2020 Jun 1. PMID 32567236
- Cavalheri V, Granger C. Preoperative exercise training for patients with non-small cell lung cancer. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 Jun 7;6(6):CD012020. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012020.pub2.