Pre-surgery workouts may boost lung cancer recovery
NCT ID NCT06215326
First seen Aug 03, 2026 · Last updated Aug 04, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether a short course of exercise before lung cancer surgery can improve patients' fitness and post-operative outcomes. Participants with moderate-to-high surgical risk will be randomly assigned to either moderate-intensity continuous training or high-intensity interval training. The study measures changes in cardiorespiratory fitness, lung function, and complications after surgery.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- preoperative exercise training (moderate-intensity continuous training or high-intensity interval training)
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this could establish a simple, drug-free way to boost fitness before lung cancer surgery, potentially reducing complications and speeding recovery.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is relatively small and early, and results may not apply to all patients. Exercise before surgery may not be feasible for everyone and could carry risks in frail individuals.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 100 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age\>18 years. 2. Suspected or confirmed primary lung cancer with scheduled surgical treatment. 3. Moderate-to-high perioperative risk, defined as FEV1\<60% of predicted value (wedge) or ppo FEV1\<60% of predicted value (lobectomy/segmentectomy) or VO2peak\<20 ml/kg/ min. 4. Sign informed consent and accept to comply with the requirements of the study protocol. 5. Completion of a baseline Complete cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET). Exclusion Criteria: 1. Concurrent or previous history of other malignant tumors. 2. Life expectancy less than 1 year. 3. Dementia; infirmity; or inability to participate in sports (musculoskeletal limitations, namely, injuries, frailty, and weakness). 4. Inability to maintain exercise training. 5. Irregular vital signs (heart rate: \< 40 or \> 120 bpm at rest; blood pressure: systolic blood pressure \> 200 mm Hg or diastolic pressure \> 110 mm Hg; T: ≥ 38.5 or ≤ 36◦C; SpO2 ≤ 90%). 6. Currently enrolling in any other clinical trials. 7. Patient refusal.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China
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