Lung rehab may open door to surgery for inoperable patients
NCT ID NCT00618553
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 17, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests whether a pulmonary rehabilitation program can improve lung function enough to make lung cancer patients eligible for surgery. Researchers will enroll 75 patients who were initially deemed unable to have surgery due to poor lung health. The goal is to see if rehab can turn ineligible patients into surgical candidates and improve their recovery after surgery.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 75 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2008
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2028
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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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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. Patients with anatomically resectable lung tumors who are deemed surgically inoperable based on preoperative pulmonary function testing FEV1 \< 80% pred; DLCO \< 80% pred; FEV1ppo \< 40% pred; DLCO ppo \< 40% pred AND VO2 peak \< 60% predicted or \< 15 ml/kg/min. 2. Patients deemed surgically inoperable based on poor performance status (ECOG score 2-3) 3. Any non-pulmonary co-morbidity must be stable according to institutional guidelines. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Previously reported severe pulmonary hypertension (pulmonary artery systolic pressure \> 60 as determined by echocardiogram), refractory cor pulmonale (as manifested by right ventricular dilatation or dysfunction by echocardiogram) 2. Previously reported exercise-induced syncope, angina, palpitation, arrhythmia, hypotension (drop of 20% of systolic/diastolic from baseline) 3. History of severe congestive heart failure (NYHA class 3 and 4) refractory to medical management, (LVEF \< 40% by echocardiogram). 4. Bone metastasis 5. Active psychiatric illness that could interfere with treatment.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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