Fitbit and app aim to boost activity in cancer survivors
NCT ID NCT06840028
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether personalized exercise plans delivered through a Fitbit and a smartphone app can help cancer survivors become more physically active. Researchers will track steps, weight, quality of life, and emotional well-being in 160 adult survivors who have finished active cancer treatment. The goal is to see if this mobile health approach improves health outcomes and daily life.
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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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About 160 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Expected to finish
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Apr 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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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Participant must be at least 18 years of age * Participant was previously diagnosed with stage 0-III cancer * Participant have had one or more of the cancers of interest (e.g., breast, lung) * Participant completed active cancer treatment at least three months prior to enrollment, with the exception of continued maintenance immunotherapy or endocrine therapy * Participant possess basic English communication capability * Participant do not participate in other health promotion programs * Participant is an Android or Apple smartphone owner * Participant is willing to participate in mHealth-delivered programs * Participant is willing to consent and be randomized * Participant has no contraindications to PA participation Exclusion Criteria: * Participant is currently undergoing chemotherapy or radiation as primary cancer treatment * Having any contraindications that might interfere with PA engagement, such as a medical condition and pacemaker implant * Plan to relocate or travel for \>two weeks during the study period; * Presence of distant metastasis * Planning or preparing for surgery as primary treatment or as a reconstruction procedure in the next 3 months * Have a stage 4 cancer diagnosis * Participant is already engaging in ≥75 min/week of vigorous-intensity PA, ≥150 min/week of moderate-intensity PA, or an equivalent combination of both over the last 3 months * An unstable mental condition that would prevent following study protocols * Reporting a Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) score that indicates PA may be unsafe * Being a prisoner, pregnant, or planning to become pregnant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Tennessee Medical Center
Knoxville, Tennessee, 37920, United States
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