Exercise before lung cancer surgery
Part of Cancer, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This trial tests whether doing exercise training before lung cancer surgery can help you recover better. It is for people with low fitness levels who live with another adult at home.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are at least 18 years old.
- You are scheduled for lung removal surgery (or have a spot that could be lung cancer).
- Your doctor has referred you to a prehabilitation program to prepare for surgery.
- You live at home with another adult who can be present during your exercise sessions.
- Your surgery is not yet scheduled, or is at least 4 weeks away.
- Your peak oxygen uptake (a measure of heart-lung fitness) is below 20 ml/kg/min.
- You have health insurance.
- You can read and understand the study information and sign a consent form.
- You do not need oxygen while exercising.
- You have no heart condition that makes exercise unsafe.
- You are willing to take part in a center-based exercise training program.
- You do not have any bone, joint, nerve, blood vessel, or muscle problem that would prevent exercising on a stationary bike.
- You are not under legal guardianship or curatorship.
- You are not pregnant or breastfeeding.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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