Effectiveness of a Preoperative Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program in Patients Awaiting Lung Resection

Universidade da Coruña

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lung Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01963923

RCP-RSG-2011

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to establish the effectiveness of a preoperative pulmonary rehabilitation program in patients awaiting lung resection for lung cancer by Video-assisted thoracic surgery in order to improve exercise tolerance and quality of life. The investigators hypothesized that a pulmonary rehabilitation program including both endurance and strength training may improve exercise tolerance and quality of life measured with a submaximal exercise test and a quality of life questionnaire respectively.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis confirmed or suspected of lung cancer (either primary or metastatic)
• Be on the waiting list for lung resection by Video-assisted thoracic surgery
• Present at least one of the next conditions: Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 second (FEV1)<80% of predicted and/or Body Mass Index > 30 or/and >80 years old and/or two or more comorbidities (Arterial Hypertension, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Coronary Disease, Diabetes, Renal Failure and/or cancer.
• No smoking at the time of recruitment
• Signed Informed Consent

Exclusion criteria

• Chemotherapy or Radiotherapy in the previous 6 months before the Rehabilitation program.
• Thoracotomies or pneumonectomies.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Rehabilitation Group

Experimental group

Description:

The rehabilitation group must complete at least 16 sessions of the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program

Treatment:

Behavioral: Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group must complete only the outcome measures and continue with their clinical routine as specified by their physicians.