Healthy Directions After Lung Surgery Pilot

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Carcinoma, Non Small Cell Lung

Treatments: Behavioral: Lifestyle counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02135211

12-150

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this proposal is to test the feasibility and acceptability of a lifestyle risk reduction intervention for patients with lung cancer receiving surgical treatment. This study will provide the preliminary data needed to conduct a larger randomized controlled trial that tests an innovative, multidisciplinary intervention that has the potential to transform the standard of care for patients receiving surgical treatment for lung cancer.

Enrollment: 42 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Patient Inclusion Criteria:

• > 21 years of age
• English speaking
• MD approval to participate in study

Meets one of the inclusions below:

• 1. a histological diagnosis of NSCLC undergoing potentially curative treatment
• 2. OR those undergoing surgical procedures for lung cancer (includes patients undergoing diagnostic testing or those presenting with lung nodules
• 3.OR patients who have had a surgical procedure for lung cancer within the last six months.
• May invite a buddy to join study with them defined as a friend, partner, adult child or sibling

Buddy Inclusion Criteria:

• ≥ 21 years of age,
• English speaking, who is invited by the subject to join as a support person (e.g., friend, partner, adult child or sibling)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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42 participants in 1 patient group

Lifestyle counseling

Experimental group

Description:

This is a single arm, quasi-experimental, pre- and post- test study design to test the feasibility and acceptability of a multiple risk factor, lifestyle intervention in patients receiving surgical treatment for lung cancer or those suspected of having lung cancer.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Lifestyle counseling