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

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

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT07227077
Enrollment
50
Registered
2025-11-12
Start date
2026-02-07
Completion date
2027-05-01
Last updated
2026-08-20

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

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

Keywords

Physical Activity, Exercise, Survivorship, Supportive Care, Pain, Symptom Management

Brief summary

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.

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.

Interventions

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.

Sponsors

Medical College of Wisconsin
Lead SponsorOTHER
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
CollaboratorNIH

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Micro-Randomized Trial (MRT)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to No maximum
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.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
ActiGraph accelerometer measured physical activity behaviors (sedentary, light, moderate, vigorous intensity).4 weeksPhysical activity will be measured using an ActiGraph accelerometer. Data will be aggregated into physical activity estimations (sedentary, light, moderate, vigorous, steps, etc.) using standard methods. Outcome of interest will be probability older cancer survivors are physically active in the 30 minutes following the receipt of a messaging prompt to promote physical activity.
11-point box scale to assess pain on a scale of 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst possible pain).4 weeksPain state will be assessed by response to the pain rating measured by the 11-Point Box Scale in the study app. Participants will receive a smart phone prompt to rate their pain 4 times per day. Outcome of interest will be probability older cancer survivors experience a pain episode in the 24 hours following the receipt of a messaging prompt to increase physical activity.

Countries

United States

Contacts

CONTACTKelly Clohesey Clinical Research Coordinator, MOT
kclohesey@mcw.edu4149554099
CONTACTWhitney Morelli, PhD
wmorelli@mcw.edu

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Aug 21, 2026