Walking After Surgery to Improve Recovery and Outcomes After Surgery, AIRTECH Study (AIRTECH)
Lung Carcinoma

About this trial
This is an interventional supportive care trial for Lung Carcinoma focused on measuring Wearable, device, fitness, tracker, Fitbit, ambulation, lung cancer, surgical, recovery
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 years or older
- English speaking
- Ambulatory preoperatively
- Primary lung cancer
- 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:
- Cannot maintain activity monitor in place at the time of consent
- Pregnant patients
- Pulmonary nodule from non-lung primary
Sites / Locations
- M D Anderson Cancer CenterRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Active Comparator
Active Comparator
Experimental
Arm I (usual care)
Arm II (usual care, Fitbit)
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 early ambulation in the postoperative setting.
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
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.