Lung Rehabilitation in Treating Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Who Are Undergoing Surgery for Lung Cancer
RATIONALE: Exercise may help improve lung function and lessen complications of surgery in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are undergoing surgery for lung cancer. It is not yet known whether lung rehabilitation is more effective than standard therapy in improving lung function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are undergoing surgery for lung cancer. PURPOSE: This randomized clinical trial is studying lung rehabilitation to see how well it works compared to standard therapy in treating patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are undergoing surgery for lung cancer.
Checked against the public recordLast updated Jul 19, 2017 · Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
What this study is about
- Purpose
- Supportive Care
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Sponsor
- Mayo Clinic
- Interventions being studied
- Behavioral: exercise intervention; Behavioral: smoking cessation intervention; Other: counseling intervention; Other: educational intervention; Procedure: conventional surgery; Procedure: pulmonary complications management/prevention
How this study is categorized
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Who may be able to participate
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: * Diagnosis of lung cancer * Scheduled to undergo any thoracotomy for lung cancer resection (including wedge) or VATS lobectomy or pneumonectomy for lung resection * Diagnosis of COPD, meeting the following criteria: * FEV\_1/FVC \< 0.71 * Smoking history ≥ 10 pack/years * Presence of moderate to severe lung disease, meeting 1 of the following: * FEV\_1 ≤ 60% predicted\* * FEV\_1\< 80% predicted AND significant shortness of breath defined by a score of 2 or higher in the Medical Research Council Dyspnea Score NOTE: \*Patients with an FEV1 \< 60% predicted (most severe) and scheduled to undergo VATS segmentectomy or wedge resection will also be included. PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: * Able to physically utilize exercise equipment as part of rehabilitation program * No poor motivation or likely not to participate fully in PR program * No recent history (within the past 3 months) of a clinically-significant myocardial infarction, unstable angina, serious cardiac arrhythmia, or other serious medical condition which the attending physician performing the preoperative evaluation deems incompatible with participation in the study PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: * Not specified
Important: This is the sponsor’s public criteria, not a determination of eligibility. The study team must review your individual situation.
U.S. locations
- Mayo ClinicRochester, Minnesota
Source and freshness
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