PILOT for The Precision Exercise Regimen for Cancer Care (PERCC) Study

NCT ID: NCT06945484

Last Updated: 2026-02-03

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-11-21

Study Completion Date

2030-12-31

Brief Summary

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This study is designed to evaluate whether a precision exercise regimen is feasible to implement within cancer populations, specifically stage II-III primary lung cancer patients receiving multimodal therapy, and delivered through telehealth.

Detailed Description

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This is a pilot study evaluating the feasibility of the Precision Exercise Regimen for Cancer Care (PERCC) intervention in stage II and stage III Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) patients receiving multimodal therapy at the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah. Eligible patients will begin the intervention at the pre-treatment clinic visit and continue until approximately two months post-surgery.

The PERCC intervention is a virtually supervised home-based exercise program. Participants will engage in exercise starting at least two weeks before receiving their first neoadjuvant treatment for lung cancer and continuing until two months after receiving surgical treatment. The exercise modes will include basic transfer and calisthenics mobility, aerobic, and resistance exercises and will be performed in various postures (supine, sitting, standing, and walking) with variable challenges (level walking, bending, inclines, steps, and squatting).

Conditions

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NSCLC Stage II NSCLC, Stage III

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Precision Exercise Regimen for Cancer Care (PERCC)

Participants will engage in PERCC starting at least two weeks prior to receiving their first neoadjuvant treatment for lung cancer and continuing until two months after receiving surgical treatment.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Precision Exercise Regimen for Cancer Care (PERCC)

Intervention Type OTHER

PERCC has exercise modes including basic transfer and calisthenics mobility, aerobic, and resistance exercises, and will be performed in various postures (supine, sitting, standing, and walking) with variable challenges (level walking, bending, inclines, steps, and squatting). Each participant will complete one supervised, home-based exercise training session per week, delivered through telehealth, that will focus on the resistance exercise prescription. Other unsupervised exercise training sessions will focus on the aerobic exercise prescription and will be completed individually

Interventions

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Precision Exercise Regimen for Cancer Care (PERCC)

PERCC has exercise modes including basic transfer and calisthenics mobility, aerobic, and resistance exercises, and will be performed in various postures (supine, sitting, standing, and walking) with variable challenges (level walking, bending, inclines, steps, and squatting). Each participant will complete one supervised, home-based exercise training session per week, delivered through telehealth, that will focus on the resistance exercise prescription. Other unsupervised exercise training sessions will focus on the aerobic exercise prescription and will be completed individually

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Ages 18 and older at time of diagnosis
* Patient diagnosed with stage II and III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)
* Patient receives either neoadjuvant chemotherapy or immunotherapy and surgery
* Patient able to follow direction and complete questionnaires in English or Spanish
* Patient agrees to complete the PERCC intervention

Exclusion Criteria

* Morbidly obese (BMI \>40 kg/m2 ) or anorexic (BMI \<17.5 kg/m2 )
* Abnormalities on screening physical exam per study physicians or physical therapist to contraindicate participation in exercise program compliance
* Alcohol or drug abuse, significant mental or emotional problems that would interfere with compliance (assessed by NCCN Distress Thermometer)
* Patient scheduled to receive single modality cancer treatment (unimodal therapy), scheduled to begin treatment within 2 weeks of the pre-treatment clinic visit, or for whom treatment has already started
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Utah

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Cornelia Ulrich, MS, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Huntsman Cancer Institute/ University of Utah

Locations

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University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

Galveston, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Huntsman Cancer Institute

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Thomas Varghese, MD, MS, MBA, FACS

Role: CONTACT

801-581-5311

Cornelia Ulrich, MS, PhD

Role: CONTACT

801-213-5716

Facility Contacts

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Rebecca Geck, MSN/MPH

Role: primary

409-266-0496

Cornelia Ulrich, MS, PhD

Role: primary

References

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Siegel RL, Miller KD, Jemal A. Cancer statistics, 2016. CA Cancer J Clin. 2016 Jan-Feb;66(1):7-30. doi: 10.3322/caac.21332. Epub 2016 Jan 7.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26742998 (View on PubMed)

Ettinger DS, Wood DE, Aggarwal C, Aisner DL, Akerley W, Bauman JR, Bharat A, Bruno DS, Chang JY, Chirieac LR, D'Amico TA, Dilling TJ, Dobelbower M, Gettinger S, Govindan R, Gubens MA, Hennon M, Horn L, Lackner RP, Lanuti M, Leal TA, Lin J, Loo BW Jr, Martins RG, Otterson GA, Patel SP, Reckamp KL, Riely GJ, Schild SE, Shapiro TA, Stevenson J, Swanson SJ, Tauer KW, Yang SC, Gregory K; OCN; Hughes M. NCCN Guidelines Insights: Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Version 1.2020. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2019 Dec;17(12):1464-1472. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2019.0059.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 31805526 (View on PubMed)

Tchelebi LT, Shen B, Wang M, Potters L, Herman J, Boffa D, Segel JE, Park HS, Zaorsky NG. Nonadherence to Multimodality Cancer Treatment Guidelines in the United States. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2022 Mar 8;7(5):100938. doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2022.100938. eCollection 2022 Sep-Oct.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 35469182 (View on PubMed)

Gao SJ, Corso CD, Wang EH, Blasberg JD, Detterbeck FC, Boffa DJ, Decker RH, Kim AW. Timing of Surgery after Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation in Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer. J Thorac Oncol. 2017 Feb;12(2):314-322. doi: 10.1016/j.jtho.2016.09.122. Epub 2016 Oct 5.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 27720827 (View on PubMed)

Hanna TP, King WD, Thibodeau S, Jalink M, Paulin GA, Harvey-Jones E, O'Sullivan DE, Booth CM, Sullivan R, Aggarwal A. Mortality due to cancer treatment delay: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ. 2020 Nov 4;371:m4087. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m4087.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 33148535 (View on PubMed)

Yalman D. Invited Editorial on "the timing of surgery after neoadjuvant chemoradiation in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer". J Thorac Dis. 2017 Mar;9(3):E299-E300. doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.02.98. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 28449527 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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HCI162865

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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