Dosing Physical Activity Among Older Cancer Survivors Who Experience Chronic Pain: a Micro-randomized Trial

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to assess the best time to deliver a message to increase physical activity and how often participants will experience a pain episode in the 24 hours following their receipt of a message to increase physical activity.

Conditions

  • Breast Cancer
  • Cervical Cancer
  • Bladder Cancer
  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Endometrial Cancer
  • Lung Cancer
  • Prostate Cancer

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Over 65 Years
Eligible Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  1. Age greater than or equal to 65 years. 2. Patients with a history of bladder, breast, cervical, colorectal, endometrial, lung, and prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment. 3. Fluent in spoken and written English. 4. Patient has access to smartphone 5. Ability to understand a written informed consent document, and the willingness to sign it.

Exclusion Criteria

  1. Patient has metastatic disease. 2. Patient has cancer recurrence.

Study Design

Phase
N/A
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
N/A
Intervention Model
Single Group Assignment
Intervention Model Description
Micro-Randomized Trial (MRT)
Primary Purpose
Supportive Care
Masking
None (Open Label)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Experimental
Micro-randomized trial study arm
In this one-armed, 4-week trial, participants will receive prompts to report their pain symptoms 4 times throughout the day. Participants may receive up to 4 reminders to move messages throughout the day to promote participants to engage in physical activity. The receipt of messages is randomized each day. Participants will wear a research-grade activity monitor throughout the duration of their participation in the intervention to measure physical activity behaviors.
  • Behavioral: Physical Activity Promotion Intervention
    This physical activity promotion intervention is a micro-randomized trial designed to determine the most effective time to send a message to promote physical activity among cancer survivors who experience chronic pain symptoms.

Recruiting Locations

Froedtert Hospital
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53226
Contact:
Kelly Clohesey Clinical Research Coordinator, MOT
414-801-6710
kclohesey@mcw.edu

More Details

Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Medical College of Wisconsin

Study Contact

Kelly Clohesey Clinical Research Coordinator, MOT
4149554099
kclohesey@mcw.edu

Detailed Description

The primary objective of this study is to test a theory-based, micro-randomized trial to determine the optimal state to deliver a message to increase physical activity by determining the probability older cancer survivors will be physically active in the one hour following a messaging prompt. The secondary, exploratory objective is to determine the probability older cancer survivors will experience a pain episode in the 24 hours following their receipt of a message to increase physical activity. Eligibility criteria is deliberately incomplete to preserve the scientific integrity of the study.