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Gamified app aims to boost activity in chronic disease patients

NCT ID NCT04019119

Disease control Sponsor: University of Malaga Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This completed trial tested a mobile app called iGAME that gives tips to reduce sitting and encourage healthy habits. Researchers enrolled 48 adults with low back pain, cancer, or depression who were sedentary. The goal was to see if the app could increase physical activity and improve quality of life. Results are not yet reported.

What this could mean

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Active substance
gamified mobile application (iGAME) with lifestyle tips
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a low-cost, scalable way to help people with chronic conditions adopt healthier habits and reduce disease impact.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage trial with only 48 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The app's benefits may be modest or hard to sustain long-term.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

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

48 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Sep 2023

Finished

Sep 2025

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 to 65 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.

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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.

IInclusion Criteria for Breast Cancer Survivors subgroup: * Men and women * Age between 18 and 65 years * Sedentary behavior recognized by the subject: \<1.5 METS per day and sitting\> 4h / d . * Intention to change sedentary behavior manifested by the subject * Survivors of breast cancer. Women with a clinical history of diagnosis of primary breast cancer, having completed surgical treatment, radiotherapy or chemotherapy at least three months before starting the study intervention Inclusion Criteria for Low Back Pain subgroup: * Men and women * Age between 18 and 65 years * Sedentary behavior recognized by the subject: \<1.5 METS per day and sitting\> 4h / d . * Intention to change sedentary behavior manifested by the subject * Mild low back pain of mechanical or degenerative cause diagnosed by a primary care physician Inclusion Criteria for Depression subgroup: * Men and women * Age between 18 and 65 years * Sedentary behavior recognized by the subject: \<1.5 METS per day and sitting\> 4h / d . * Intention to change sedentary behavior manifested by the subject * Mild depression Diagnosis in Primary Care using the MINI interview to rule out another severe mental pathology and the PHQ-9 questionnaire to categorize the level of depressive severity Exclusion Criteria: * Several mental illness * Several illness that limits physical ability * Phobia for digital technologies * Difficulty in attending study measurements

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

breast cancer Depression depressive disorder Low Back Pain neoplasm Sedentary Behavior

As listed by the trial registrant

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Depression Low back pain Oncology Sedentary behavior Sedentary lifestyle

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Antonio Cuesta Vargas

    Málaga, Spain

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