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Effect of prehabilitation on ventilatory efficiency in non-small cell lung cancer patients: A cohort study
Francis-Edouard Gravier1, Tristan Bonnevie1, Fairuz Boujibar2
1ADIR Association, Rouen University Hospital, Rouen, France; UPRES EA 3830, Haute Normandie Research and Biomedical Innovation, Normandie University, Rouen, France.
Objective:
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) for patients awaiting lung resection for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has developed considerably in recent years. Pulmonary rehabilitation before surgery (prehabilitation) improves postoperative risk factors such as forced expiratory volume in 1 second and peak oxygen consumption (VO2peak). Ventilatory inefficiency assessed according to the linear regression of the ratio between the increase in minute ventilation and the expired carbon dioxide flow during CPET (VE/VCO2 slope) >35, is a high-risk factor for postoperative complications. Our objective was to assess the effect of prehabilitation on VE/VCO2 slope, and its relationship with VO2peak.
Methods:
This retrospective cohort study was performed between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2017 at Rouen University Hospital. One hundred fifty-two patients with NSCLC awaiting lung surgery who underwent CPET were screened. A total of 50 patients who underwent CPET before and after prehabilitation were included.
Results:
VE/VCO2 slope did not change significantly after prehabilitation (median, 37.1 [25th-75th percentile, 33.8-43.4] vs median, 35.4 [25th-75th percentile, 31.1-40.5]; P = .09), whereas VO2peak increased significantly (from a median of 13.2 [25th-75th percentile, 11.9-14.7] to a median of 14.8 [25th-75th percentile, 13.1-16.4] mL/kg/min). The number of patients with a high risk of postoperative complications (ie, VE/VCO2 slope >35) did not change significantly after prehabilitation. Cardiorespiratory parameters improved significantly more in patients who underwent at least 15 sessions of ambulatory prehabilitation.
Conclusions:
VE/VCO2 slope, a known predictor of favorable surgical outcomes in patients with NSCLC, did not change with the prehabilitation program used in this study, despite clear improvements in VO2peak and other CPET measures. Larger, prospective studies are needed to confirm the results of this study.
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