Tailored training may boost healthy living in GI cancer survivors
NCT ID NCT05984589
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Sep 09, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether personalized self-management training helps people with gastrointestinal cancer adopt healthier habits like better diet and more exercise. 120 participants will be randomly assigned to either personalized or standard training for 6 weeks. The goal is to see if the personalized approach leads to greater adherence to healthy behavior recommendations.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- personalized self-management training (behavioral intervention)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that personalized coaching helps cancer patients stick to healthier habits like diet and exercise.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study with only 120 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. It tests behavior change, not a drug, so benefits may be modest.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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 120 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2024
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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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
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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: * Age ≥18 years at the time of consent. * A Diagnosis of Stage I-IV colorectal cancer (CRC) or other gastrointestinal cancer within the past 10 years prior to enrollment. * Ability to speak, write, and read English or Spanish sufficiently to allow for program participation. * Identified by self-report as having willingness and interest to work on at least one lifestyle-related risk factor. Lifestyle-related risk factors include diet, physical activity, body composition, alcohol use. * Scoring ≤3.5 on the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) Health Behavior Adherence Scale or in the lower two tertiles in any one subcomponent, consistent with moderate to low adherence to healthy behavior recommendations (HBRs). * Ambulatory and independent in activities of daily living (ADL). * Written informed consent obtained from subject and ability for subject to comply with the requirements of the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Cognitive or mental impairments that in the opinion of the Principal Investigator or study physician would hinder the program participation.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90048, United States
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University of Southern California
RECRUITINGLos Angeles, California, 90089, United States
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