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ERICAFeasibility of an Acute Physical Exercise Before Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy Infusion for Metastatic Non-small-cell Lung Cancer Patients: Protocol ERICA Study

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What is being tested

Exercise arm :

Other
Who is being recruted

Bronchial Neoplasms+11

+ Carcinoma, Bronchogenic

+ Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung

From 18 to 80 Years
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How is the trial designed

Supportive Care Study

Interventional
Study Start: January 2021
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Summary

Principal SponsorCentre Leon Berard
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: January 21, 2021

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Because of metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (mNSCLC) and its treatments, patients suffer from numerous symptoms such as dyspnea, muscle atrophy, pain, fatigue, loss of appetite, altered physical condition and lung function, which may further impair the patient's overall condition. Nevertheless, it has been suggested that physical exercise could improve response to treatment at the clinical level due to its known effects on the immune system. Moreover, preclinical studies have shown that exercise performed during chemotherapy administration could result in physiological benefits such as improved intra-tumoral infusion and drug delivery. The ERICA study aims to assess the feasibility of an acute physical exercise immediately before immunotherapy and chemotherapy administration in patients with mNSCLC.

Official TitleFeasibility of an Acute Physical Exercise Before Immunotherapy and Chemotherapy Infusion for Metastatic Non-small-cell Lung Cancer Patients: Protocol ERICA Study
NCT04676009
Principal SponsorCentre Leon Berard
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

26 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Supportive Care Study

These studies explore ways to improve comfort and daily life for people living with a condition. They may focus on easing symptoms, reducing treatment side effects, or supporting overall well-being.



Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 18 to 80 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Bronchial NeoplasmsCarcinoma, BronchogenicCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungLung DiseasesLung NeoplasmsNeoplasm MetastasisNeoplasmsNeoplasms by SiteNeoplastic ProcessesPathologic ProcessesRespiratory Tract DiseasesRespiratory Tract NeoplasmsPathological Conditions, Signs and SymptomsThoracic Neoplasms

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Age between 18 and 80 years old, * Having a newly metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) without an EGFR/ALK alteration diagnosis, * Being scheduled to receive a 1st line intravenous chemotherapy (Cisplatin and Pemetrexed or Carboplatin and Pemetrexed or Taxol and Carboplatin), and immunotherapy (monoclonal anti-PD-1 and anti-PD-L1 antibodies : Pembrolizumab) treatment NB : patients who have previously received one or more treatments other than chemotherapy (e.g. targeted therapy) and must start their first chemotherapy are eligible, * Treated in Centre Leon Berard, * Having an Eastern Co-operative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status ≤ 2, * Being voluntary and available to get involved throughout the study duration, * Being able to engage in Physical Activity with a medical certificate attested by one of the investigators clinical oncologist or the referring oncologist, * Affiliated with a social security scheme, * Having dated and signed an informed consent. * Able to read, write and understand French Exclusion Criteria: * Patient with unstable bone metastases or unconsolidated pathologic fractures, Having a central nervous system impairment with neurological disorder avoids the physical exercise practice on a cycle ergometry, * Personal history or co-existence of another primary cancer (except of in situ cancer regardless of the site and/or basal cell skin cancer and/or cancer in complete remission for more than 5 years), * Having severe undernutrition defined according to the Haute Autorité de Santé (i.e. , for an adult aged ≥18 years and \< 70 : BIM ≤ 17 or weight loss ≥ 10% in 1 month or ≥15% in 6 months or ≥ 15% compared to the usual weight before the disease diagnosis or albuminemia \< 30 g/l ; for an adult aged ≥70 years : BIM \< 18 or weight loss ≥ 10% in 1 month or ≥15% in 6 months or an albuminemia \< 30 g/l), * Having a severe amenia (hemoglobin ≤ 8 g/dl) during the 30 last days prior inclusion, * Presenting cardiovascular history or any cardiovascular risk: chronic coronary (or poorly balanced), artery disease, cardiac arrhythmia, symptomatic heart disease, uncontrolled or untreated hypertension, heart attack diagnosed within the last 6 months, coronary angioplasty with or without stent less than 6 months old, coronary artery bypass surgery less than 12 months old, history of poorly balanced type 2 diabetes, * In case of diabetes: Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) \> 7% (in the last 3 months), * Stage IV Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (FEV1 \< 30%), * Patient with a contraindication to the proposed physical exercise in the study (orthopedic disorder likely to impede walking and pedaling such as disabling coxarthrosis or gonarthrosis, operated or not), * Already included in a PA study, * Cannot be followed for medical, social, family, geographical or psychological reasons, for the duration of the intervention (3 months) and then for the duration of the post-intervention follow-up (3 months), * Patient under legal protection measure (under guardianship, curatorship, safeguard of justice), * Deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision, * Pregnant patient.

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

One single intervention group is designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Patient randomized to the Exercise arm will receive physical activity recommendations at inclusion and nutritional assessment will be carried out during the first and last treatment cure. Patients will receive an acute physical exercise just before immunotherapy and chemotherapy infusion.They will have a home walking program and will have to wear an activity tracker during the 3 months of intervention. 3 blood sampling times (2 EDTAsx10 mL) will be specially added to the study and will take place before exercise (1), after exercise (2) and 12 hours after the start of treatment (3).

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

Suspended

Centre Léon Bérard

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