App-Based breathing training aims to boost lung cancer recovery
NCT ID NCT07646288
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether using a mobile app that gives visual feedback can help lung cancer patients do breathing exercises more effectively after having part of a lung removed. Forty patients will try both standard breathing training and app-guided training on the same day. Researchers will measure motivation, breathlessness, and satisfaction to see if the app makes a difference.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- inspiratory muscle training with visual feedback via a mobile application
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, low-cost way to help lung cancer patients recover faster after surgery by making breathing exercises more engaging.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small, early-stage study with only 40 participants, and it only looks at short-term effects. The visual feedback may not lead to lasting improvements or better long-term outcomes.
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Study facts
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- 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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Dec 2025
- Expected to finish
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Mar 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 to 75 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Volunteering to participate in the study, * Being clinically stable, * Being a lung cancer patient scheduled for lobectomy, * Being between 18 and 75 years of age, * Being able to cooperate with the tests to be performed. Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of any orthopedic or neurological problem that prevents walking, * History of any surgery involving the thoracic wall, * Having diseases that may affect respiratory parameters, such as severe heart failure or severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hacettepe University
RECRUITINGAnkara, Altındağ, 06230, Turkey (Türkiye)
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