Clinical trial NCT06600503: The Effect of a Mobile Application on Enhancing Pulmonary Rehabilitation After Lung Cancer Surgery
Official title: The Effectiveness of a Mobile Lung Rehabilitation System on Patient Satisfaction and Lung Function After Lung Cancer Surgery
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Telerehabilitation
Lung Cancer
Keywords: pulmonary rehabilitation
mobile application
Telerehabilitation
Lung cancer
Lead sponsor: National Cheng Kung University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-09-19
Enrollment: 36
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the effect of a mobile application intervention on postoperative lung rehabilitation. The main purposes of this study are:

1. To understand the effectiveness of the pulmonary rehabilitation mobile application in improving lung function.
2. To assess the feasibility of the pulmonary rehabilitation mobile application in post-surgery rehabilitation care.

Researchers will compare the intervention group (using the pulmonary rehabilitation mobile application) to the usual care group to determine if the mobile application is effective in lung surgery rehabilitation.

Participants will join the study immediately after providing informed consent and will continue for up to 7 weeks post-surgery. Participants will be randomly allocated to either the intervention group or the control group. Both groups will receive regular pulmonary rehabilitation during their hospital stay (1 day before surgery and 2 to 3 days after surgery). Researchers will guide participants in the intervention group to use the mobile application for pulmonary rehabilitation exercises throughout the study period. Participants in the usual care group will receive health education and an exercise guide before discharge. Participants will undergo three study assessments: at baseline (within 1 week after enrollment), post-surgery (week 5), and at follow-up (week 8).


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* age over 20 years
* primary diagnosis of lung cancer at any stage and type
* referral to lung cancer resection by thoracotomy or videothoracoscopy
* ability to understand and consent to the trial procedures
* conscious and cognition intact

Exclusion Criteria:

* included adjuvant treatments (chemotherapy or radiotherapy)
* previous history of thoracic surgery
* neurological and/or musculoskeletal comorbidities
* visual or hearing impairment
* acute respiratory illness

Primary outcomes:
measure: Exercise capacity-oxygen consumption
timeFrame: Baseline, post-surgery assessment at week 5, follow-up assessment at week 8
measure: Exercise capacity-workload
timeFrame: Baseline, post-surgery assessment at week 5, follow-up assessment at week 8
measure: Exercise capacity-ventilatory efficiency
timeFrame: Baseline, post-surgery assessment at week 5, follow-up assessment at week 8
measure: Exercise capacity-Anaerobic threshold
timeFrame: Baseline, post-surgery assessment at week 5, follow-up assessment at week 8
measure: Pulmoanry function
timeFrame: Baseline, post-surgery assessment at week 5, follow-up assessment at week 8
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Global respiratory muscle strength
timeFrame: Baseline, post-surgery assessment at week 5, follow-up assessment at week 8
measure: Six Minute Walk Test, 6MWT
timeFrame: Baseline, post-surgery assessment at week 5, follow-up assessment at week 8
measure: Postoperative pulmonary complications
timeFrame: Baseline, post-surgery assessment at week 5, follow-up assessment at week 8
measure: Quality of life - EORTC QLQ-C30
timeFrame: Baseline, post-surgery assessment at week 5, follow-up assessment at week 8
measure: Qulaity of life-WHOQOL-BREF
timeFrame: Baseline, post-surgery assessment at week 5, follow-up assessment at week 8
Other outcomes:
measure: Demographic data
timeFrame: Baseline, post-surgery assessment at week 5, follow-up assessment at week 8
measure: Adherence
timeFrame: Post-surgery assessment will be conducted at week 5, followed by a follow-up assessment at week 8.
measure: Compliance
timeFrame: Post-surgery assessment will be conducted at week 5, followed by a follow-up assessment at week 8.
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