Breathing new life: rehab program tested for advanced lung cancer patients
NCT ID NCT06441773
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a respiratory rehabilitation program—including exercise training, breathing exercises, and education—can improve quality of life for people with advanced non-small cell lung cancer who are on maintenance chemotherapy and immunotherapy. Researchers will compare 96 participants who receive the rehab program twice a week for 8 weeks to a control group receiving standard care. The main goal is to see if the program helps patients feel better and function in daily life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Respiratory rehabilitation (exercise training, breathing exercises, education)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that a structured breathing and exercise program helps people with advanced lung cancer feel better and manage daily activities more easily.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (96 people) comparing rehab to usual care. The benefits seen in other lung conditions may not apply here, and the program requires twice-weekly sessions that some may find hard to maintain.
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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 96 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 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.
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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: * Histologically proven stage IV non-small cell lung cancer patient * First-line treatment with chemotherapy combined with immunotherapy in the maintenance phase * Adenocarcinoma patient: maintenance with Alimta combined with pembrolizumab * Squamous cell carcinoma patient: maintenance with pembrolizumab alone * Age of at least 18 years * Performance status of 0 or 1 * Estimated life expectancy \> 12 weeks * No contraindications to respiratory rehabilitation * Adequate organ function, demonstrated by laboratory results within the last 3 weeks, allowing maintenance treatment: * Normal liver function: bilirubin \< 1.5 x ULN, ALT and AST \< 2.5 x ULN or \< 5 x ULN in the case of liver metastases. * Renal function (creatinine clearance calculation of at least \> 45 mL/min). * Hematological function: absolute neutrophil count \> 1.5 x 10\^9/L and/or platelets \> 100 x 10\^9/L, hemoglobin \> 8 g/dL. * Informed consent to participate in the study must be signed * Patient must be affiliated with or beneficiary of social security Exclusion Criteria: * Small cell lung cancer, mesothelioma, neuroendocrine lung cancer * Patients with orthopedic disorders preventing respiratory rehabilitation that, in the investigator's opinion, could interfere with respiratory rehabilitation * Unresolved toxicity from previous treatment of grade \> 1 (except alopecia) that, in the investigator's opinion, could interfere with respiratory rehabilitation * Symptomatic brain metastases (corticosteroid treatment is allowed if the doses administered are stable for at least one month before inclusion) * Bone metastases preventing respiratory rehabilitation * Contraindication to respiratory rehabilitation * Uncontrolled infection * Pregnancy and breastfeeding * Surgery within two months prior to inclusion that could interfere with respiratory rehabilitation * Persons under legal protection (guardianship or curatorship) or deprived of liberty
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CH Cornouaille
RECRUITINGQuimper, 29107, France
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CH Morlaix
RECRUITINGMorlaix, 29600, France
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CHU Brest
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBrest, 29609, France
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