Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation for Lung Cancer Patients Receiving Immunotherapy
Tests outpatient lung rehabilitation exercise in adults with advanced lung cancer receiving immunotherapy.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Non-small-cell Lung Cancer Receiving Immunotherapy
Key facts
- Where
- Vienna, AustriaSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 120 years old?
- Which best describes your lung cancer?
- Has the cancer spread to other parts of the body, or is it too advanced to be removed by surgery?
- Can you look after yourself and are you up and about most of the day?
- Has your cancer spread to the brain?
Source: NCT06436625, who can take part
Where in Austria
- Klinik Floridsdorf, Abteilung für Innere Medizin und PneumologieVienna, AustriaTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Karl Landsteiner Institute for Lung Research and Pneumological Oncology
- Trial code
- NCT06436625
- Record updated
- 26 June 2025
- Original description
The aim of this prospective study is to evaluate the effects of an outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program on the quality of life, performance and tumor growth of metastatic lung cancer patients receiving ongoing immunotherapy.Read full original descriptionShow less
Outpatient Pulmonary Rehabilitation in Patients With Advanced Stage Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Receiving Immunotherapy: a Randomized Controlled Trial (OPAL-study)
The aim of this prospective study is to evaluate the effects of an outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program on the quality of life, performance and tumor growth of metastatic lung cancer patients receiving ongoing immunotherapy.
The main questions it aims to answer are:
The primary objective of the study is to assess the effects of outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation (OPR) on exercise capacity measured by difference in the 6-minute walking test (6MWT) in patients with advanced stage lung cancer receiving immunotherapy measured by difference in the 6-minute walking test (6MWT).
Secondary endpoints in this study include progression free survival (PFS) and the effect of OPR on long term exercise capacity measured by 6MWT (difference in 6MWT after week 15 and 24).
Researchers will compare two groups of patients: one group of patients receives 6 weeks of outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation (intervention group), while the other patient group serves as control since this is standard of care to evaluate the effects of outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation.
Inclusion: Capable and willing to give signed informed consent, which includes compliance with the requirements; Age ≥ 18 years at the time of screening; Histological or cytological confirmed non-squamous non-small cell lung cancer; Previously untreated patients with histologically or cytologically documented metastatic (Stage IV according to Version 9 on the IASLC Staging Manual in Thoracic oncology) or recurrent NSCLC; World Health Organization (WHO)/ECOG PS of 0 or 1 at enrollment; At least 1 lesion not previously irradiated that qualifies as a RECIST 1.1 target lesion (TL) at baseline. Tumor assessment by CT or MRI scan must be performed within 28 days prior to randomization; Stable disease (SD), partial response (PR) or complete response (CR) (according to RECIST 1.1) after four cycles of first line chemo-immunotherapy and planned maintenance therapy; No prior exposure to immune-mediated therapy including, but not limited to, other anti-CTLA-4, anti-PD-1, anti-PD-L1, and anti-PD-L2 antibodies in advanced or metastatic therapy setting except ongoing first line immunotherapy.
Exclusion: Contraindication for immunotherapy; Any medical condition that might be worsened by exercise training including, but not restricted to severe congestive heart failure (NYHA III/IV), unstable angina pectoris, myocardial infarction or cardiac surgery 6 months prior to randomization; Major surgical procedure (as defined by the investigator) within 28 days prior to randomization or planned during the next 56 days; Physical or cognitive condition or symptoms that contraindicate execution of physical exercise or participation in a clinical exercise-based trial; Evidence of other active cancer disease; Symptomatic brain metastases; Bone metastases with risk of pathological fracture with exercise training as assessed by treating physician; Existence of more than one primary tumor such as: mixed small cell and NSCLC histology; synchronous or metachronous tumors that could represent distinct primary tumors; Female patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding or male or female patients of reproductive potential who are not willing to employ effective birth control; Judgment by the investigator that the patient should not participate in the study if the patient is unlikely to comply with study procedures, restrictions, and requirements.