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

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center240 enrolled

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.

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. Estimate the difference between each Fitbit arm and a control arm in Clavien-Dindo Combined Postoperative Morbidity (POM) Score in the 30-day postoperative period. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. For patients in Fitbit only arm (F0) and Fitbit integration arm (FB), evaluate the differences in steps regained at each postoperative day. II. Quality of life before and after surgery using MD Anderson Symptom Inventory - Lung Cancer (MDASI-LC). III. Hospital length of stay. IV. Hospital readmission rate within 30 days for lung surgery related events. V. Return of bowel function. VI. Postoperative complications and step numbers. VII. Fitbit user experience in the FB arm. EXPLORATORY OBJECTIVES: I. Sleep disturbances. II. Cost analysis. OUTLINE: Patients are randomized to 1 of 3 arms. ARM I: 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. ARM II: 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. ARM III: 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. After completion of study intervention, patients are followed up at postoperative clinic and at 30 days after surgery.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Lung Carcinoma

Interventions

Best PracticeOTHER

Receive usual care

Health Promotion and EducationOTHER

Install and use Fitbit app

Medical Device Usage and EvaluationOTHER

Use Fitbit to monitor step count

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion 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 Exclusion Criteria: * 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

Locations (1)

M D Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, Texas, United States

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Clavien-Dindo postoperative morbidity (POM) score

Two Bayesian probability and inferential models will be utilized: * Model 1: Inferential goals: Probability that POM score in the control arm is greater than F0 or FB arm: mean and 95% Credible Interval * Model 2: Baseline covariates adjusted analysis of model 1 * Performance status * FEV1 * Age * Open vs. Minimally invasive (0 is best, 5 is worst.) 0 - No postoperative complications 1. - Minor complication resolved without intervention 2. - complication requiring pharmaceutical intervention 3. - complication requiring surgical, endoscopic or radiological intervention, 4. - life-threatening complication requiring intensive care 5. - complication leading to the patient's death.