Trial reportSurgical oncology2021
Potential effectiveness of a surgeon-delivered exercise prescription and an activity tracker on pre-operative exercise adherence and aerobic capacity of lung cancer patients.
Trial report in Surgical oncology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03162718 (A Feasibility Study of Unsupervised, Pre-operative Exercise Program for Patients Scheduled for Lung Cancer Surgery), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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A Feasibility Study of Unsupervised, Pre-operative Exercise Program for Patients Scheduled for Lung Cancer Surgery
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Wearable technologies for perioperative recovery monitoring in lung cancer surgery: a systematic review of feasibility, recovery outcomes, and evidence certainty.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Recommendations for Interventions to Improve Function in Patients With Lung Cancer: A Clinical Practice Guideline.Cancer medicine · 2025Guideline
- Effectiveness and Feasibility of Digital Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients Undergoing Lung Cancer Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Pooled it
- The Use of Wearable Devices in Oncology Patients: A Systematic Review.The oncologist · 2024Pooled it
- Prescribing pre- and post-operative physical activity interventions for people undergoing breast cancer surgery: A qualitative systematic review.Cancer medicine · 2024Pooled it
- The use of technology in cancer prehabilitation: a systematic review.Frontiers in oncology · 2024Pooled it
- Wearable Device-Based Intervention for Promoting Patient Physical Activity After Lung Cancer Surgery: A Nonrandomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
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- Summary of the best evidence for prehabilitation management of patients with non-small cell lung cancer.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2024Review
- Remote, automatic, digital preanesthetic evaluation - are we there yet?Anaesthesiology intensive therapy · 2024Review
- Prehabilitation in the lung cancer pathway: a scoping review.BMC cancer · 2023Article
- Integrative Oncology and the Clinical Care Network: Challenges and Opportunities.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- A Scoping Review to Assess Adherence to and Clinical Outcomes of Wearable Devices in the Cancer Population.Cancers · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesPre-operative exercise may improve functional outcomes for lung cancer patients, but barriers associated with cost, resources, and burden make it challenging to deliver pre-operative exercise programs. The goal of this proof-of-concept study was to determine level of moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and change in aerobic capacity after participation in a home-based pre-operative exercise intervention. MATERIALS AND
methodsEighteen patients scheduled for surgery for suspected stage I-III lung cancer received an exercise prescription from their surgeon and wore a commercially-available device that tracked their daily MVPA throughout the pre-operative period. Descriptive statistics were used to calculate adherence to the exercise prescription. A one-sample t-test was used to explore change in aerobic capacity from baseline to the day of surgery.
resultsParticipants exhibited a mean of 20.4 (sd = 46.2) minutes of MVPA per day during the pre-operative period. On average, the sample met the goal of 30 min of MVPA on 16.4% of the days during the pre-operative period. The mean distance achieved at baseline for the 6-min walk test was 456.7 m (sd = 72.9), which increased to 471.1 m (sd = 88.4) on the day of surgery. This equates to a mean improvement of 13.8 m (sd = 37.0), but this difference was not statistically different from zero (p = 0.14). Eight of the 17 participants (47%) demonstrated a clinically significant improvement of 14 m or more.
conclusionA surgeon-delivered exercise prescription plus an activity tracker may promote clinically significant improvement in aerobic capacity and MVPA engagement among patients with lung cancer during the pre-operative period, but may need to be augmented with more contact with and support from practitioners over time to maximize benefits.
trial registrationThe study protocol was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov prior to initiating participant recruitment (NCT03162718).
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