Yoga from home may speed lung cancer recovery
NCT ID NCT07001670
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether an 8-week online yoga program can improve recovery in lung cancer patients who had lung surgery. Forty participants will either do live yoga sessions three times a week or receive standard care. The goal is to see if tele-yoga boosts exercise capacity, breathing, and quality of life.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Tele-yoga (online yoga sessions)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a convenient home-based option to help lung cancer patients recover faster after surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small early-stage trial with only 40 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The benefits of yoga for recovery are not yet proven.
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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 40 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2025
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2026
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 to 65 years
- 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: * Aged between 18 and 65 years, * Histologically confirmed diagnosis of Stage I-IIIA lung cancer according to the 9th edition of the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual, * Underwent lobectomy, pneumonectomy, segmentectomy, or wedge resection via video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) or robot-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (RATS), * An estimated life expectancy of ≥6 months, * Karnofsky Performance Status score greater than 80% at study entry, * Possession of the necessary equipment and access to a stable internet connection to enable participation in online interventions. Exclusion Criteria: * History of receiving radiotherapy or chemotherapy prior to surgery, * Presence of severe dysfunction in vital organs such as the heart, brain, kidneys, or others, * Having any comorbid condition that contraindicates participation in an exercise training program, * Presence of serious postoperative complications, * Cognitive impairments that hinder effective communication, * Current participation in a structured and regular exercise program, * Missing three consecutive weeks of sessions or completing less than 75% of the prescribed exercises, * Voluntary withdrawal from the study by the participant.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa
RECRUITINGIstanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
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