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

Conditions

• Lung Carcinoma

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

18 Years - N/A

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• Best Practice — OTHER
  Receive usual care
• Health Promotion and Education — OTHER
  Install and use Fitbit app
• Medical Device Usage and Evaluation — OTHER
  Use Fitbit to monitor step count
• Quality-of-Life Assessment — OTHER
  Ancillary studies
• Questionnaire Administration — OTHER
  Ancillary studies

Study Details

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.

Key Dates

Start date

Nov 30, 2020

Status verified

Apr 2026

Primary completion

Feb 2, 2027

Completion

Feb 2, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment

240 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Arms

• Active Comparator: Arm I (usual care)
  Patients receive usual care consisting of the clinician educating the patient on the importance of increasing exercise activity in the preoperative period and early ambulation in the postoperative setting.
• Active Comparator: Arm II (usual care, Fitbit)
  Patients receive usual care consisting of the clinician educating the patient on the importance of increasing exercise activity in the preoperative period and early ambulation in the postoperative setting. Patients also receive a Fitbit to monitor step count
• Experimental: Arm III (usual care, Fitbit, Fitbit app)
  Patients receive usual care consisting of the clinician educating the patient on the importance of increasing exercise activity in the preoperative period and walking in the postoperative setting. Patients also receive a Fitbit device, install and use the Fitbit app on a smartphone. Postoperative step goals are as follows: Postoperative day (POD) 1: 25% of baseline. Subsequent days will be increased by 10% until patient reaches baseline daily step number. Five automatic daily reminders (delivered by the Fitbit Inspire HR\^TM device itself) to meet a minimum of 250 steps an hour. Postoperatively, patients will be invited to participate in a private group with a leaderboard that consists of step numbers of other participants in the study in an anonymous fashion.

Primary Outcome Measure

Clavien-Dindo postoperative morbidity (POM) score [ Time Frame: Up to 30 days after surgery ]

Central Contacts

• Garrett L Walsh
  713-792-6849
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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