Video game workouts could help kids beat Cancer's Long-Term effects
NCT ID NCT04266080
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a game-based exercise plan can increase physical activity in childhood cancer survivors aged 10 to 16. The child and a parent or caregiver both take part in the program. Researchers will also see if the plan improves the child's quality of life. The goal is to help survivors become more active and feel better after cancer treatment.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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48 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2020
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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10 to 16 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: Childhood cancer survivor: * History of treatment for childhood cancer with cardiotoxic therapy (anthracyclines, chest radiation, total body irradiation) * Off all systemic cancer therapy for ≥ 2 years * Ability to speak and understand English * Ability to complete all protocol assessments * Mobile device with SMS text messaging capability * Ambulatory and able to perform all study requirements * Attained age 10-16 years * Has a parent or legal guardian willing to participate in the study as a dyad * Willing to receive daily SMS text message alerts * Not currently exercising at least 30 minutes per day (5 days/week) * ECOG Performance Status of 0-1 Parent/legal guardian: * Parent or legal guardian of a childhood cancer survivor treated with cardiotoxic therapy (anthracyclines, chest radiation, total body irradiation) * Parent or legal guardian of a child age 10-16 years who is at least 2 years from completion of systemic cancer therapy * Ability to speak and understand English * Ability to complete all protocol assessments * Ability to provide informed consent * Ambulatory and able to perform all study requirements * Access to a mobile device with SMS text messaging capability * Is the parent or legal guardian of a childhood cancer survivor who is willing to participate in this study as a dyad * Willing to receive daily SMS text message alerts * ECOG Performance Status of 0-1 Exclusion Criteria: * Survivors, or parents/legal guardians of survivors, with a medical condition that makes it unsafe to complete study requirements are not eligible for this study. This includes a diagnosis of: * Severe persistent asthma * Known symptomatic coronary artery disease * Musculoskeletal defects that interfere with sustained physical activity * Any medical or psychosocial condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, would jeopardize the health of the participant during study procedures
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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