Study of Three Endpoints to Assess the Benefit of Rehabilitation in Patients With Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer Controlled After at Least 6 Months of Systemic Treatment

Condition(s) studied

Study summary

The objective of this study is to identify an outcome that is relevant for assessing the benefit of rehabilitation in patients with advanced or metastatic non-small cell lung cancer whose disease has been stable or responding for at least 6 months with systemic treatment.

Many people living with lung cancer experience asthenia, which reduces daily activity, independence, and quality of life.

Regular physical activity (PA) is recommended for the management of all chronic diseases, including cancer. PA can be done independently by the patient or supervised by adapted physical activity instructors (EAPA) at home or in a day hospital (HDJ) in medical and rehabilitation care departments (SMR), where it is covered by social security.

Rehabilitation program and physical activity may help improve strength, function, and social participation, for patients with non-small cell lung cancer .

In this study, patients will participate in a 3-month rehabilitation program. We will measure quality of life, hand grip strength, and the Five Times Sit to Stand Test, before and after the program. Other measures will include daily step counts, nutrition, overall health status, continuation of cancer treatment, program adherence, and participant satisfaction.

About 63 participants will be recruited in several hospitals, including CHUGA, CHMS and CHANGE. This patients will be able to choose a program that suits them and is available as part of they care. We are expecting 50 patients to participate in one of the rehabilitation program.

The main goal is to identify the most useful outcomes to assess in future studies that will compare different rehabilitation approaches for people with lung cancer.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Hand-grip — periprocedural of the exercise rehabilitation program
  Hand grip strength is measured with a hand dynamometer. It is a measure of grip strength in kilograms, which is associated with muscle mass. The subject holds the device in one hand, usually with the elbow at 90° and the wrist straight. On signal, they squeeze as hard as possible for a few seconds. The test is repeated 2-3 times for each hand, and the best or average value is recorded.
• EQ5DL Score — periprocedural of the exercise rehabilitation program
  EQ5DL is a score about life quality. It includes two part: The first part assesses health in five dimensions, each of which has five levels of response (no problems, slight problems, moderate problems, severe problems, extreme problems/unable to). This part of the EQ-5D questionnaire provides a descriptive profile that can be used to generate a health state profile. Each health state can potentially be assigned a summary index score based on societal preference weights for the health state. Health state index scores generally range from less than 0 (where 0 is the value of a health state equivalent to dead; negative values representing values as worse than dead) to 1 (the value of full health), with higher scores indicating higher health utility. The second part consists of a visual analogue scale (VAS) on which rates his/her perceived health from 0 (the worst imaginable health) to 100 (the best imaginable health).
• Five Times Sit To Stand — periprocedural of the exercise rehabilitation program
  The subject sits on a chair , with arms crossed over the chest. On the tester's signal, the subject stands up fully and sits back down five times as quickly as possible without using the arms for support. The time needed to complete the five repetitions is measured.

Trial sites (3)

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