Managing Fatigue Using Virtual Reality for Post-Operative Lung Cancer Patients, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Grant Award # (R01 CA 205025)
Categories (click each to see list of all clinical trials associated with that category): College of Nursing Oncology (ONC)
Current Status: Open
Phase: III (Cancer Control)
Principal Investigator: Hoffman, Amy
Eligibility: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT03724331?term=NCT03724331&rank=1
Summary
Our objective in this application is to determine the efficacy, optimal timing, and sustainability of our innovative home-based exercise intervention. The intervention is home-based, self-paced, and builds in duration upon discharge from the hospital after surgery. Aim 1: Determine efficacy by comparing the immediate intervention group with wait-list control (usual care) and attention control by age. Aim 2: Determine efficacy of initiating the exercise intervention 6 wks post-discharge and compare results with the immediate intervention group for all ages. Aim 3: Determine the immediate interventions sustainability by analyzing 3a) rates of extension, adherence, and retention; 3b) acceptability; and 3c) efficacy of primary and secondary outcomes. Eligibility is based on our pilot R21 2-arm RCT (CA164515) that includes persons suspected of NSCLC to be confirmed after surgery. Following principles of transitional care, participants are recruited pre-surgery with baseline data collected by a nurse recruiter. Data is collected from each group throughout the study by a data collector. A primary nurse is assigned to each participant in the exercise and attention control group implementing the intervention per protocol. This study has the potential to transform the current standard by providing rehabilitative exercise after surgery.