Cochrane · systematic review · CD012685

Exercise training for advanced lung cancer

Peddle‐McIntyre, CJ, Singh, F, Thomas, R, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2019 · Cochrane Library

Lung CancerAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
4
current version
GRADE rated
4
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 4 · 100%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Exercise training compared to no exercise training for advanced lung cancer

Population: adults with advanced lung cancer
4 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Exercise capacity (6MWD)
Exercise training vs no exercise training
no estimate extracted3 studies · 59 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias
Disease‐specific global health‐related quality of life, measured using various scales
Exercise training vs no exercise training
no estimate extracted3 studies · 90 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias
Physical functioning component of health‐related quality of life, measured using various scales
Exercise training vs no exercise training
no estimate extracted3 studies · 73 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias
Dyspnoea, measured using various scales
Exercise training vs no exercise training
no estimate extracted5 studies · 121 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias