Status:

COMPLETED

Feasibility of Exercise With Post-Op Lung Cancer Patients

Lead Sponsor:

Duke University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Lance Armstrong Foundation

Conditions:

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Primary Objective: To examine the effects of an exercise training program on cardiopulmonary fitness in early-stage postoperative non-small cell lung cancer patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy ...

Detailed Description

Using a single-group, prospective design, potential participants will be identified and screened for eligibility by the PI (LWJ) via medical record review of patients scheduled for their primary adjuv...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Legal age (\>18 years old)
  • Absence of contraindications to chemotherapy
  • Ability to read and understand English
  • Signed informed consent prior to the initiation of study procedures
  • Primary attending oncologist approval.

Exclusion

  • Acute myocardial infarction (3-5 days)
  • Unstable angina
  • Uncontrolled arrhythmias causing symptoms or hemodynamic compromise
  • Syncope
  • Acute endocarditis
  • Acute myocarditis or pericarditis
  • Uncontrolled heart failure
  • Acute pulmonary embolus or pulmonary infarction
  • Thrombosis of lower extremities
  • Suspected dissecting aneurysm
  • Uncontrolled asthma
  • Pulmonary edema
  • Room air desaturation at rest ≤85%
  • Respiratory failure
  • Acute noncardiopulmonary disorder that may affect exercise performance or be aggravated by exercise
  • Mental impairment leading to inability to cooperate.
  • Finally, patients presenting with no medical history will not be eligible for study participation.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2006

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

21 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00636571

Start Date

March 1 2006

End Date

March 1 2008

Last Update

October 28 2013

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Duke University Health System Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27710