The effect of comprehensive rehabilitation program plus chemotherapy on quality of life in patients with postoperative non-small-cell lung cancer: study protocol of a multicenter randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Comprehensive rehabilitation therapy based on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been widely applied in various cancer treatments in China. Thus far, Chinese herbal medicine (CHM) has been shown effective in reducing the adverse effects of chemotherapy and improving the quality of life (QoL) during chemotherapy. The purpose of the present study is to compare the effects of CHM plus Liu Zi Jue (LZJ) exercises with CHM plus rehabilitation education and with placebo plus rehabilitation education in patients who have undergone complete resection for nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) followed by postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy.

Methods and design

A multicenter, randomized clinical trial will be performed with 354 stage Ib-IIIa NSCLC patients in five centers in

SUBMITTER: Yao J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7126133 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature