Walking After Surgery to Improve Recovery and Outcomes After Surgery, AIRTECH Study

Description

This clinical trial evaluates the relationship between walking and sleeping habits and surgical outcomes in patients with lung cancer. Early walking after surgery is associated with decreased or less severe complications. Learning about how much patients walk may be important in improving outcomes after surgery. Information gained from this trial may help researchers develop interventions to improve outcomes after surgery and improve overall quality of life after surgery in patients with lung cancer.

Conditions

Lung Carcinoma

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This clinical trial evaluates the relationship between walking and sleeping habits and surgical outcomes in patients with lung cancer. Early walking after surgery is associated with decreased or less severe complications. Learning about how much patients walk may be important in improving outcomes after surgery. Information gained from this trial may help researchers develop interventions to improve outcomes after surgery and improve overall quality of life after surgery in patients with lung cancer.

Ambulation to Improve Recovery with Wearable TECHnology (AIRTECH) Study

Walking After Surgery to Improve Recovery and Outcomes After Surgery, AIRTECH Study

Condition
Lung Carcinoma
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Houston

M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * 18 years or older
  • * English speaking
  • * Ambulatory preoperatively
  • * Patients undergoing at least a lobectomy
  • * Must own a smart phone and be willing to install the Fitbit application (App)
  • * Adequate internet connection via wifi or wireless network connection with smartphone
  • * Patients who are not already using a wearable device to track daily steps
  • * Medical, psychiatric, cognitive or other conditions that compromise the patient's ability to understand the patient information, to give informed consent, to comply with the study protocol or to complete the study.
  • * Cannot maintain activity monitor in place at the time of consent
  • * Pregnant patients

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center,

Garrett L Walsh, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Study Record Dates

2027-02-02