Sitting less during cancer care: new study tests digital fix
NCT ID NCT06719206
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a digital support program can help people with breast, prostate, or colorectal cancer reduce the time they spend sitting during their treatment. The goal is to improve their well-being and lower future health risks. About 172 participants will use an activity tracker and receive guidance to move more.
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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 172 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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Dec 2030
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: * Individuals diagnosed with breast, prostate, or colorectal cancer planned for or resently started neo- or adjuvant treatment (e.g. chemotherapy, radiotherapy, endocrine treatment) at the hospitals in Uppsala and Västerås, Sweden. Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals diagnosed with dementia. * Individuals diagnosed with severe psychiatric disease. * Individuals with severe loss of vision, or communicative ability. * Individuals who cannot walk independently indoors with or without a walking aid. * Individuals completed treatment for other cancer diseases less than 12 months ago or not recovered from previous cancer treatment.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Akademiska sjukhuset
RECRUITINGUppsala, Sweden
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Västmanlands sjukhus
RECRUITINGVästerås, Sweden
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