Effects of Personalized Exercise Prescriptions Through Mobile Health on Physical Activity and Health Outcomes in the Cancer Survivors

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Conditions studied: Cancer Survivors, Chronic Disease, Physical Activity, Cancer Survivorship, Physical Inactivity, Physical Activity in Adults

In brief

Participation in regular physical activity is vital to a healthy lifestyle. Research has shown that regular participation in physical activity among cancer survivors is not only able to improve health outcomes, but is also related to their quality of life. As we live in an age of technology, health wearables and smartphone apps might be one novel manner by which to help cancer survivors increase physical activity as well as improve health outcomes. Yet, the effectiveness of wearable and app as a tool for health promotion among cancer survivors is largely unstudied. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a personalized m-health intervention via fitness wearable (Fitbit Inspire 3) exercise app (sFitRx) on physical activity, weight, quality of life, individual beliefs, and emotions among cancer survivors.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT06840028
Run by: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
People needed: 160
Starts: 2025-03-01
Expected to finish: 2027-04-15
Last updated by the study team: 2026-05-01

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

Participant must be at least 18 years of age
Participant was previously diagnosed with stage 0-III cancer
Participant have had one or more of the cancers of interest (e.g., breast, lung)
Participant completed active cancer treatment at least three months prior to enrollment, with the exception of continued maintenance immunotherapy or endocrine therapy
Participant possess basic English communication capability
Participant do not participate in other health promotion programs
Participant is an Android or Apple smartphone owner
Participant is willing to participate in mHealth-delivered programs
Participant is willing to consent and be randomized
Participant has no contraindications to PA participation

You may not qualify if…

Participant is currently undergoing chemotherapy or radiation as primary cancer treatment
Having any contraindications that might interfere with PA engagement, such as a medical condition and pacemaker implant
Plan to relocate or travel for >two weeks during the study period;
Presence of distant metastasis
Planning or preparing for surgery as primary treatment or as a reconstruction procedure in the next 3 months
Have a stage 4 cancer diagnosis
Participant is already engaging in ≥75 min/week of vigorous-intensity PA, ≥150 min/week of moderate-intensity PA, or an equivalent combination of both over the last 3 months
An unstable mental condition that would prevent following study protocols
Reporting a Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) score that indicates PA may be unsafe
Being a prisoner, pregnant, or planning to become pregnant

Where it is running

University of Tennessee Medical Center — Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

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