Physical Activity and Lung cancer Screening (PALS): a feasibility randomised controlled trial of exercise and physical activity in lung cancer screening.
- Conditions
- lung cancer screeningCancer - Lung - Non small cellCancer - 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
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)
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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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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