Clinical trials: Exercise Promotion
Physical Activity
A Randomized Trial of Economic Incentives to Promote Walking Among Full Time Employees
This study aims to assess the uptake, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of a scalable walking programme for full-time employees both with and without incentives.
- Trial name
- NCT01855776
- Testing
- Fitbit, Cash Incentives, Charitable Incentives
- Where
- Singapore
- Volunteers
- 800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School
Stroke, Poor Quality Sleep
Rise & Shine: Promoting Sleep Quality in Chronic Stroke With Exercise
health problems, such as heart disease, diabetes, cognitive impairment, and dementia. After a person suffers a stroke, they often experience difficulties in getting a good night's sleep.
- Trial name
- NCT06847074
- Testing
- Multimodal Exercise, Cognitve and Social Activities
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 62 people
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Cardiovascular Diseases
Effectiveness of a Hybrid Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
The goal of this pragmatic randomized clinical trial is to compare the effectiveness of a hybrid model of cardiac rehabilitation with a centre-based program in people with cardiovascular disease.
- Trial name
- NCT05868343
- Testing
- Center-based Cardiac Rehabilitation Intervention, Hybrid Cardiac Rehabilitation Intervention
- Where
- 9 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 278 people
- Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases
Establishing a Physical Activity Referral Scheme for People With Noncommunicable Diseases in the German Healthcare System
The BewegtVersorgt project involved co-producing a physical activity referral scheme (PARS) for inactive persons with underlying non-communicable diseases.
- Trial name
- BewegtVersorgt (NCT04947787)
- Testing
- Physical activity referral scheme (PARS), Physical activity advice (PAA)
- Where
- Germany
- Volunteers
- 168 people
- Sponsor
- University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Lung Neoplasm
Inspiratory Muscle Training and Behavioral Support to Alleviate Dyspnea and Promote Walking in Lung Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Study
This is a pilot randomized study to investigate the feasibility, acceptability, safety, and effects of a novel tele-rehabilitation intervention for stage I-IIIA lung cancer survivors following curative intent therapy.
- Trial name
- NCT05059132
- Testing
- Tele-rehabilitation, Education only
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people
- Sponsor
- Kaiser Permanente
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Overweight and Obesity
Healthy Together Program Evaluation (Phase 3)
Healthy Together is a program that promotes the achievement and maintenance of healthy weights in children and their families.
- Trial name
- NCT03550248
- Testing
- Healthy Together
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 3,400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of British Columbia
Sedentary Behavior, Cardiovascular Risk Factor
A Nurse Led Intervention to Promote Physical Activity
Regular physical activity should be the essence of treatment in patients with cardiovascular risk factors. Unfortunately, these interventions are usually insufficiently promoted and therefore have only limited efficacy.
- Trial name
- STEP-IT-UP (NCT04235647)
- Testing
- Nurse led tutorial on lifestyle management and pedometer hand-out, Steps goal setting and supporting phone calls
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 199 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic Syndrome
Mechanisms and Interventions for Physical Activity in Frail Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic Syndrome Patients: A Temporal Self-Regulation Approach
Longitudinal physical activity data and associated factors were collected at baseline (diagnosis), 3-month, 6-month, and 9-month follow-ups in cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome patients.
- Trial name
- CKM (NCT07131488)
- Volunteers
- 614 people
- Sponsor
- Nanjing Medical University
Active Travel
Socio-ecological Intervention to Promote Active Commuting to Work
Background Cycling and walking to work is a natural way of increasing physical activity in a working population. However, the evidence on the effectiveness and cost savings of promoting active work commuting (ACW) is thin.
- Trial name
- KÄPY (NCT02250261)
- Testing
- KÄPY
- Where
- 2 sites in Finland
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- UKK Institute
Seniors With Mobility Limitations
Self-management of Chronic Mobility Limitations in MUHC Seniors
The population is aging and chronic conditions, which are major causes of pain and mobility limitations, are on the rise, however, current access to physiotherapy is difficult.
- Trial name
- NCT01593345
- Testing
- Mobility self-management with Mentor, Mobility self-management with guidebook
- Where
- 3 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- McGill University
Well-Being, Psychological, Dietary Habits
My Life - I Decide: A Health Promoting School Intervention
Background The proportion of young people experiencing poor mental health and well-being is increasing, placing this group at high risk of not completing secondary education.
- Conditions
- Well-Being, Psychological, Dietary Habits, Physical Activity, Adolescent Health
- Trial name
- My Life (NCT07411677)
- Testing
- The My Life intervention
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen
Physical Activity
mActive: A Blinded, Randomized mHealth Activity Trial
Despite their importance, health-related behaviors are hard to change. Among behaviors, physical activity is associated with protection from multiple diseases.
- Trial name
- mActive (NCT01917812)
- Testing
- Digital Activity Tracker, Smart Text Messaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
Socioemotional Development, Physical Activity
Newenkantun: a Play-based Program to Promote Socioemotional Learning in Early Childhood Education in Chile.
What is this study about? This study will test a program called "Newenkantun" (which refers to a hand-strength game in Mapuche culture) designed to help young children develop important social and emotional skills through play…
- Conditions
- Socioemotional Development, Physical Activity, Sleep, Motor Skills
- Trial name
- Newenkantun (NCT07871929)
- Testing
- Teacher Professional Development, Parent/guardian support, Play-Based Activities and Environmental Modifications
- Where
- 2 sites in Chile
- Volunteers
- 240 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad de La Frontera
Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder
Promoting Emotional and Autonomic Control Through Guided Breathing Exercises for Emerging Adults With Autism
This study examines the impact of guided breathing exercises on stress and heart rate variability (HRV) in autistic young adults.
- Trial name
- PEACE-A (NCT07238153)
- Testing
- Guided breathing exercise - SPB, Guided breathing exercise - HRV-BF
- Where
- 2 sites in Belgium
- Volunteers
- 68 people
- Sponsor
- Universitaire Ziekenhuizen KU Leuven
Aged
Benefits of Online Mahjong by Older Adults
This study aims to examine the clinical efficacy of online Mahjong in improving physical health, cognitive performance, happiness, laboratory biomarkers, and structural brain imaging (magnetic resonance imaging, MRI) by a…
- Trial name
- NCT05808426
- Testing
- Bonus Winner Mahjong
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Obesity & Overweight
Motivational Interviewing Intervention for Families With Overweight and Obesity
The COVID-19 lockdown fostered unhealthy eating habits and reduced physical activity levels, leading to weight gain, sedentary behavior, and increased anxiety and sleep disorders.
- Trial name
- FAMVIVSAL (NCT07893717)
- Testing
- Motivational interviewing to reduce obesity, Traditional nutritional counseling
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Universidad Autonoma de Baja California
Breast Cancer
Physical Activity Promotion in Cancer Follow-Up Care
This study aims at testing the efficacy of a physical activity (PA)intervention in an outpatient oncology setting. We plan to compare Brief Advice for PA (MD advice plus contact control) vs.
- Trial name
- NCT00230711
- Testing
- Physical activity counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
Overweight and Obese Children
The Effectiveness of the Health Promoting School Intervention Model in Reducing Overweight and Obesity Among School Children in Indonesia: a Mixed-Methods Protocol Study
The prevalence of obesity in children is increasing rapidly, Among children aged 5-12 years, 18.8% have severe overweight, comprising 10.8% who are obese and 8.8% who are over.
- Trial name
- NCT06601348
- Testing
- Nutrition education, physical activity intervention, and health promoting school model trials
- Where
- 2 sites in Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 500 people
- Sponsor
- Gadjah Mada University
Neoplasms
Alberta Cancer Exercise Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Study
The primary purpose of this proposed 5-year hybrid effectiveness and implementation study is to evaluate the relative benefit from, and implementation of an Alberta wide clinic-to-community-based cancer and exercise model of care…
- Trial name
- ACE (NCT02984163)
- Testing
- Exercise
- Where
- 2 sites in Canada
- Volunteers
- 2,570 people
- Sponsor
- University of Alberta
Excessive Physical Exertion
Effects of Health Education on Physical Activity Promotion Based on PRECEDE-PROCEED Model Among Adolescents
A randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted to evaluate the changes in physical activity in adolescents before and after a health education program intervention based on the PRECEDE-PROCEED model.
- Trial name
- NCT06642064
- Testing
- Intervention group
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 194 people
- Sponsor
- Zeng Linxian