Mobile Health and Social Media Physical Activity Intervention Among Adolescent and Young Adult Childhood Cancer Survivors, the StepByStep Study

Running, not enrolling · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm, Malignant Solid Neoplasm

In brief

This phase III trial compares a multi-component mobile health and social media physical activity intervention versus wearing a physical activity tracker alone among adolescent and young adult childhood cancer survivors. Regular physical activity helps maintain healthy weight, energy levels, and health. Adolescents and young adults who complete treatment for cancer are often less active. They may gain weight and have more health problems compared to people the same age who have not had treatment for cancer. Comparing the 2 programs will help researchers learn how to increase physical activity levels over time and also how changes in physical activity levels affect health and quality of life over time.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04089358

Run by

Children's Oncology Group

People needed

387

Starts

2020-12-07

Expected to finish

2027-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2026-08-06

Who can join

Age: 15 and older, up to 20. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• First diagnosis of malignant neoplasm (International Classification of Diseases for Oncology [ICD-O] behavior code of "3") in first and continuous remission at the time of enrollment
• Curative cancer treatment must have included chemotherapy (including cellular therapy) and/or radiation (including radioactive iodine)
• Note: Childrens Oncology Group (COG) therapeutic trial participation is not required
• All cancer treatment must have been completed within 3-36 calendar months prior to enrollment
• Patients must have a life expectancy of > 1 year
• Self-report of < 420 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per week as assessed via the study-specific Physical Activity Worksheet
• Note: See COG Study Web Page for the Godin-Shephard Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire or link to online calculator
• Ambulatory and no known medical contraindications to increasing physical activity
• Note: Patients with amputation, rotationplasty, or other prothesis are not automatically excluded as long as they are ambulatory and have no known medical contraindications to increasing physical activity and all other eligibility criteria are satisfied
• No known significant physical or cognitive impairment that would prevent use of the electronic devices used for the protocol intervention (e.g. Fitbit, smartphone, tablet, or computer)
• Able to read and write English
• Note: For patients < 18 years, consenting parent/legal guardian does not have to be able to read and write English
• All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent
• Note: Informed consent may be obtained electronically/online if allowed by local site policy and Institutional Review Board (IRB)/Research Ethics Board (REB) of record
• All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met

You may not qualify if…

• Post-menarchal female patients who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant in the next year are excluded
• Note: Pregnancy status can be established by clinical history with patient. Post-menarchal female patients are eligible as long as they agree to use an effective contraceptive method (including abstinence) during study participation
• Patients with previous hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) are excluded
• Note: Patients with previous autologous HSCT, chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR T-cell) therapy, and other cellular cancer therapies can participate as long as all other eligibility criteria are satisfied

Where it is running

• Banner Children's at Desert — Mesa, Arizona, United States
• Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center — Downey, California, United States
• City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center — Duarte, California, United States
• Miller Children's and Women's Hospital Long Beach — Long Beach, California, United States
• Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Mattel Children's Hospital UCLA — Los Angeles, California, United States
• Valley Children's Hospital — Madera, California, United States
• UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland — Oakland, California, United States
• Kaiser Permanente-Oakland — Oakland, California, United States
• Children's Hospital of Orange County — Orange, California, United States
• University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center — Sacramento, California, United States
• Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital — Santa Barbara, California, United States
• Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center — Torrance, California, United States
• Connecticut Children's Medical Center — Hartford, Connecticut, United States
• Yale University — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• Alfred I duPont Hospital for Children — Wilmington, Delaware, United States
• MedStar Georgetown University Hospital — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida — Fort Myers, Florida, United States
• UF Health Cancer Institute - Gainesville — Gainesville, Florida, United States
• Memorial Regional Hospital/Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital — Hollywood, Florida, United States
• Nemours Children's Clinic-Jacksonville — Jacksonville, Florida, United States
• Palms West Radiation Therapy — Loxahatchee Groves, Florida, United States
• Miami Cancer Institute — Miami, Florida, United States
• USA Health Strada Patient Care Center — Mobile, Alabama, United States

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