Sitting is the new smoking? 4,800 workers test a desk-break program
NCT ID NCT05485675
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a web-based program called Stand & Move at Work to help office workers reduce sitting time. About 4,800 employees from different companies will use the program, with some workplaces also getting extra support from an expert. Researchers will measure changes in sitting and standing using activity monitors and surveys.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Stand & Move at Work (SMW) program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide an affordable, scalable way for companies to help employees reduce sedentary time and improve health.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage implementation study, not a clinical treatment trial. Results may vary by workplace and may not lead to lasting behavior change.
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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 4,800 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
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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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.
Worksite-Level Inclusion Criteria: * More than 80% of employees work full time (30+ hours per week). * At least 45 employees in the worksite with sit-stand workstations working at least three days per week * Occupations require primarily desk-based work (e.g., computer- and telephone-based) * Willing to allow the researchers to distribute online research surveys to all employees in order to allow the program to be evaluated. * Allow 30 randomly selected individuals to wear an activity monitor in several 7-day intervals across two years. * Willing to be randomized to either intervention. * Willing to identify one or more worksite champions to implement the Stand \& Move at Work™ program. Worksite-level exclusion criteria: * Involved in previous interventions to reduce sitting and increase standing and moving at work in the last 24 months. * Involved in the Stand and Move I intervention. * Another worksite within the same organization is participating in the program and contamination across those worksites cannot be avoided. Employee-level inclusion criteria: * 18 years or older * Willing to provide informed consent
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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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Arizona State University College of Health Solutions
RECRUITINGPhoenix, Arizona, 85004, United States
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