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Physical Activity Coaching After Surgery for Patients With Resectable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

Physical Activity Coaching After Surgery for Patients With Resectable Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 18 Nov 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The goal of this randomized controlled clinical trial is to test a 12-week physical activity telecoaching program for NSCLC patients after surgery. The main question it aims to answer is: What is the effectiveness and acceptability of a 12-week (semi)automated low-to-moderate intensity PA tele coaching program on physical activity (mean steps per day) in resectable (stage I-IIIA) NSCLC patients after lung surgery, as compared to usual care? Patients with NSCLC will be enrolled in the study from 1 month postoperatively up to 1 year postoperatively. They will be randomized in either the intervention group or the control group. Patients randomized in the intervention group will be asked to enter a 12-week physical activity telecoaching program with the aim to enhance their physical activity. The telecoaching programs consists of 4 pilars: 1. A wearable (Fitbit) to measure and give feedback on their daily step count. 2. A smartphone coaching application, installed on a smartphone and linked to the wearable, providing automated coaching by displaying an individual activity goal (expressed as daily step count) and daily and weekly feedback on the performance (steps) of the patient. 3. A one-to-one semi-structured interview with the coach discussing the importance of physical activity, motivation, self-efficacy, barriers, favourite activities, and (coping) strategies to become more active resulting in an individual action plan. 4. Phone calls by the coaches initiated in pre-defined situations (non-compliance with wearing the step counter, failure to transmit the data, failure to progress). Patients randomized in the control group will remain their usual care and will not enter the 12-week physical activity telecoaching program.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
90 (estimated)
First submitted
22 Jun 2023
Start date
Jan 2024
Primary completion date
Aug 2026
Lead sponsor
University Hospital, Ghent
Diseases
Lung cancer
NCT number
NCT06057766

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional
  • Planned participants: 90
  • From Jan 2024 to the primary completion date, Aug 2026
  • 6 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

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Other illness

  • Patients having progressive or recurrent lung cancer
  • Patients who had other malignancies in the last 2 years
  • Psychiatric disorders that preclude them from participation in a physical activity intervention and/or performing the test battery

Other

  • Unable to learn to work with a new electronic device (e.g. smartphone)
  • Not understanding and speaking Dutch
  • Patients with comorbidities or other treatments that preclude them from participation in a physical activity intervention and/or performing the test battery

Who the study is looking for

  • Resectable (I-IIIA) NSCLC patients who had lung resection surgery, one to twelve months before inclusion, with or without (neo-)adjuvant chemotherapy/radiotherapy/immunotherapy.
  • If patients received adjuvant chemotherapy/radiotherapy, the inclusion window is one months to twelve months after the end of adjuvant chemotherapy/radiotherapy.
  • If patients receive adjuvant immunotherapy after the end of adjuvant chemotherapy, patients can be included during the immunotherapy.
  • Adults (18+ year)
  • Patients who do not systematically perform structured exercise or are planned to do so.
  • Ability to give informed consent

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (6)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
AZ Sint Jan
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BrugesBelgiumRecruiting
Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg
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GenkBelgiumRecruiting
Ghent university hospital
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GhentBelgiumRecruiting
JESSA Ziekenhuis
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HasseltBelgiumNot yet recruiting
Hasselt University
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HasseltBelgiumRecruiting
AZ Delta
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RoeselareBelgiumRecruiting

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