Exercise before surgery for lung cancer
Part of Cancer, Lungs & breathing clinical trials.
This study tests whether doing a supervised exercise program before your surgery (and during your pre-surgery cancer treatment) can improve your heart and lung fitness, which may help you recover better after surgery. You will be randomly assigned to either the exercise group or a standard-care group.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are at least 18 years old.
- You have a type of lung cancer called non-small cell lung cancer that is either locally advanced (stage IIB or III) or has spread to a limited number of other spots (oligo-metastatic stage IV).
- Your doctors plan to give you chemotherapy, immunotherapy, or both before your lung surgery.
- You can exercise safely and do not have major bone or muscle problems that would prevent physical activity.
- You do not have unstable or uncontrolled heart disease.
- You have not yet started induction therapy, and you can walk independently (no need for oxygen before starting).
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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