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Exercise Program for Lung Cancer Patients and Caregivers During Radiation

This study is looking at an exercise program for people with non-small cell lung cancer or esophageal cancer who are receiving radiation therapy (thoracic RT). You would participate in 7-10 exercises per session targeting major muscle groups, alternating between upper and lower body. The study also includes a family caregiver (like a spouse or adult child) who would exercise with you. The main goal is to see if this exercise program is practical and acceptable for patients and caregivers. Researchers will also look at how it affects your physical function and quality of life. This study plans to enroll 40 participants.

Study design
This is an interventional study, meaning participants will receive a specific intervention (exercise). It is not specified if it's randomized or blinded, and it plans to enroll 40 participants.
What's involved
Participants will engage in 7-10 exercises per session. The study will measure quality of life through study completion, which is an average of 1 year.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Quality of life will be measured through study completion, which is an average of 1 year.

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NCT07234799

Feasibility Testing of a Dyadic Exercise Program for Patients Undergoing Thoracic Radiotherapy and Their Family Caregivers

Suspended
NAAges 18+InterventionalSupportive care
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
~40 participants
Updated 2026-08-03 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Exercise

At a glance

Recruiting sites
0 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Quality of Life Questionnaire
Measured over Through study completion; an average of 1 year

Conditions

Non-small Cell Lung Cancer

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Texas1

Study leadership

  • Kathrin Milbury, MA,PHD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Who to contact

This trial hasn't published a contact. View it on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Be diagnosed with a non-small cell lung cancer or esophageal cancer and going to receive at least 24 fractions thoracic RT
Have an ECOG performance status of ≤2
Have a family caregiver (e.g., spouse, sibling, adult child) willing and able (self-identified) to participate in the exercise program
Be ≥18 years old
Be able to read and speak English
Be able to provide informed consent

Exclusion

A patient who meets the following criteria will be excluded from participating in this study:
Cognitive deficits noted in the medical records and/or cognitive deficits that would impede the completion of self-report instruments as deemed by the patient's attending radiation oncologist.
Experiences contraindications to exercise as determined by the clinical team
Regularly (self-defined) participates in an exercise program in the year prior to diagnosis

What this trial measures

  • Quality of Life QuestionnaireThrough study completion; an average of 1 year

    Patients and caregivers will complete the Medical Outcomes. Study 36-item short-form survey (SF-36) assessing 8 distinct domains of QOL