Physical Activity Intervention for Lung Cancer Survivors

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Survivor; Lung Cancer

Treatments: Behavioral: interview and wait list; Behavioral: interview and physical activity

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00717795

08-067

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to learn how many lung cancer survivors will agree to a physical activity program. We also want to know if lung cancer survivors benefit from this program. This information will help us to develop our services for lung cancer survivors.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis and treatment at MSKCC of primary NSCLC; and/or pulmonary carcinoid;
• At least one year post thoracic surgical resection;
• Have no evidence of NSCLC or any other cancer at the time of study enrollment and not receiving any cancer treatment;
• Currently sedentary or insufficiently active, defined by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as less than a total of 150 minutes of at least moderate intensity PA per week;
• Able to complete a six-minute walk test (6MWT);
• Able to provide informed consent.

FOCUS GROUP ONLY:

• Completed the Physical Activity program offered through this study (08067);

Exclusion criteria

• Presence of one of the following medical factors at screening:

  • regular use of an ambulatory aid (cane or walker);
  • resting oxygen saturation less than 88%;
  • inability to walk due to severe arthritis or other musculoskeletal problems;
  • a diagnosis of unstable angina in the previous 6 weeks;
  • a heart attack, angioplasty or heart surgery in the previous 3 months;
  • current heart rate <50 or >120 at rest; current uncontrolled hypertension;
  • current significant valvular heart disease or decompensated congestive heart failure and
  • patient reported pain of any origin that would preclude participation in the proposed PA intervention

• Evidence of significant medical cognitive or psychiatric disturbance sufficient, in the investigator's judgment, to preclude participation in the intervention

• Self-reporting of greater than 60 minutes of vigorous activity per week or 150 minutes of moderate intensity PA per week.

• Patient resides at more than two hours travel distance from the Center

• Insufficient English fluency to complete evaluation tools.

Trial design

52 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Description:

Arm 1 - Physical Activity intervention

Treatment:

Behavioral: interview and physical activity

2

Description:

Arm 2 - Wait-list control

Treatment:

Behavioral: interview and wait list