Step Into Support for Endurance and Strength (SISTERS)

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Conditions studied: Gynecologic Cancer

In brief

The Step into Support for Endurance and Strength (SISTERS) research study is evaluating whether a mobile health game designed to increase physical activity is feasible and acceptable in patients with gynecologic cancers. -SISTERS is testing a mobile health intervention can help increase physical activity. Participants will be randomized to receive either 1) a Fitbit or 2) a Fitbit + a game + help from a friend or family member whom you chose will help the participant reach their goals. (i.e. a Teammate).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04354454

Run by

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

People needed

21

Starts

2021-01-29

Expected to finish

2023-03-17

Last updated by the study team

2023-04-18

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients ≥18 years of age with a gynecologic cancer (ovarian, fallopian tube, primary peritoneal carcinoma, uterine, or cervical) who have completed cancer treatment ≥ 6 weeks prior.
• Own a smartphone (Android or iOS).
• Can read and provide informed consent in English.
• Do not have cognitive, visual, or orthopedic impairments that preclude participation, as evaluated by the research staff or oncology provider.
• Insufficiently active, as indicated by a score of <14 on the Leisure Score Index of Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire (LSI).
• No future chemotherapy planned (except maintenance treatments; e.g. PARP inhibitors or endocrine therapy)

You may not qualify if…

• Patients already participating in a mobile health intervention.
• Patients who do not own a smartphone or computer to transmit data from the wearable tracker.
• Self-reported inability to walk 2 blocks (at any pace).
• Patients who are unable to identify a social support partner (i.e. family member, friend, or partner) to participate in the study (if selected for the intervention arm).
• The following special populations will be excluded from this research:
• Adults unable to consent
• Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)
• Pregnant women
• Prisoners

Where it is running

• Northern Light Cancer Care — Brewer, Maine, United States
• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Lifespan Comprehensive Cancer Center — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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