Fitness, Activity and Lung Cancer Study (FALC)

University of Oslo (UIO)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Lung Cancer

Treatments: Other: Physical training; Other: As usual

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01748981

FALC-2010-OUSNIH

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to investigate the change in pulmonary function and exercise capacity in lung cancer patients after pulmonary resection. Furthermore, to study the effect of training on aerobic capacity, muscular strength, morbidity and survival. Physical activity level by accelerometers, body composition by DXA and quality of life will also be reported.

Full description

Five year after surgery, all included patients will be reinvited to undergo a fourth health excame to study the long-term effects of exercise training on physical fitness, morbidity and survival.

Enrollment: 71 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 79 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Non smal cell lung cancer
• Patient living in Oslo or Akershus county and accepted for lung cancer surgery at Oslo University hospital and Akershus University hospital
• were able to read and speak Norwegian

Exclusion criteria

• Mental incompetence or physical disability that makes it difficult to walk on a treadmill
• Treatment or medical complications affecting ability to participate in an exercise group
• > 79 years

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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71 participants in 2 patient groups

Physical training

Other group

Description:

Exercise intervention.

Treatment:

Other: Physical training

As usual

Other group

Description:

Controls

Treatment:

Other: As usual