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Home-Based Prescribed Pulmonary Exercise in Patients with Stable Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Published on: August 24, 2019
Effect of physical activity on patients of NSCLC
Qi Min1, Shao Xianru1, Sun Gengyun2
1Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.
Objective:
The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of physical activity on both therapeutic efficacy and immune-related adverse events (irAEs) during immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
Methods:
Physical activity was divided into three groups: light physical activity (LPA), moderate physical activity (MPA), and vigorous physical activity (VPA) for laboratory indexes, efficacy, and irAEs. A multivariate logistic regression was employed to analyze the relationship between sedentary behavior with efficacy and irAEs.
Results:
The study included 121 patients. The three levels of physical activity were not significantly associated with efficacy or irAEs. However, noteworthy disparities were observed in base-hemoglobin levels (F = 3.4, P = 0.037) and base-lymphocyte levels (χ2 = 6.13, P = 0.047) among the three groups. After treatment, we identified statistically significant variations in albumin levels (P = 0.012) and lymphocyte counts (P = 0.035). Furthermore, a negative correlation emerged between pre-treatment sedentary behavior duration and immune-efficacy (β: -0.005, P = 0.027).
Conclusions:
In summary, within the cohort of NSCLC patients undergoing single immunotherapy or a combination of immunotherapy and chemotherapy, physical activity is closely related to immune and inflammatory indicators in patients, and prolonged sitting will reduce the therapeutic effect.
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