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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 17 Feb 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study plans to investigate the effectiveness of six-week light exposure combined with an exercise training program on improving sleep-wake rhythm, physical and mental symptoms, quality of life, one-year recurrence rate, and one-year survival rate of patients with lung and esophageal cancer.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
200 (estimated)
First submitted
1 May 2023
Start date
24 Jul 2023
Primary completion date
15 May 2028
Lead sponsor
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
NCT number
NCT05875870

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 200
  • From 24 Jul 2023 to the primary completion date, 15 May 2028
  • 2 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Other illness

  • Congestive heart failure.
  • Orthopedic diseases of the lower extremities that limit one's walking ability.

Who the study is looking for

  • Patients with newly diagnosed primary lung cancer or esophageal cancer, from the first stage to the third stage.
  • At least 20 years of age.
  • Able to communicate in Mandarin Chinese or Taiwanese.
  • Literate and free from cognitive disabilities.
  • The attending physician agrees to participate in the study.
  • Those who can connect to the Internet with mobile devices such as computers, mobile phones, and tablets, or those whose family members can assist in the operation.
  • Those with Karnofsky Performance Scale (KPS) greater than or equal to 70 points.
  • Those who are hospitalized for lung cancer or esophageal cancer lesion resection.

Age in the registry: 20 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (2)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Taipei Medical University Hospital
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TaipeiTaiwanRecruiting
Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status
Taipei CityTaiwanRecruiting

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