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Physical Activity and Lung cancer Screening (PALS): a feasibility randomised controlled trial of exercise and physical activity in lung cancer screening.

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
lung cancer screening
Cancer - Lung - Non small cell
Cancer - Lung - Small cell
Registration Number
ACTRN12622001001785
Lead Sponsor
Asha Bonney
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
75
Inclusion Criteria

People already enrolled in the International Lung Screening Trial (ILST, NCT02871856. ) at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

To be eligible for the program patients must be:
-Women or men age 55 to 80 years at the time of recruitment to the ILST.
-Current or former smokers. A former smoker is defined as one who has stopped smoking for one or more years.
-An estimated 6-year lung cancer risk of greater than or equal to 1.51% based on the PLCOm2012 risk prediction model or greater than or equal to 30 pack-years smoking history (pack-year is defined as number of pack of cigarettes smoked per day multiply by the number of years smoked. If a participant stopped smoking for 6 months or more and then restarted smoking again, the time will be subtracted from the total duration of smoking in 0.5 year increments)
-ECOG performance status 0 or 1

Capable of providing, informed consent for screening procedures (low dose spiral CT)

Exclusion Criteria

Unable to ambulate 100m independently +/- aid
Unable to safety complete the home-based components of the intervention.
Co-morbidity or medical status preventing exercise, for example acute uncontrolled cardiovascular or respiratory issues
Have a diagnosis of lung cancer

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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