Clinical Trial: The Effect of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Pulmonary Function Tests, Exercise Capacity, and Quality of Life in Patients With Advanced-Stage Lung Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy

U.S., April 16 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07532057) titled 'The Effect of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Pulmonary Function Tests, Exercise Capacity, and Quality of Life in Patients With Advanced-Stage Lung Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy' on April 08.

Brief Summary: This randomised controlled trial investigated the effects of an 8-week physiotherapist-supervised pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) programme on pulmonary function tests (PFT), exercise capacity, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in patients with advanced-stage lung cancer (Stage IIIB/IV) receiving chemotherapy. Thirty patients were randomised to a PR group (n=15) or a home-programme control group (n=15). The PR group underwent...