CompletedNot Applicable

Stepping Into Survivorship: Harnessing Behavioral Economics to Improve Quality of Life in Ovarian Cancer

United States29 participantsStarted 2018-07-20

Plain-language summary

This research study will test whether using wearable fitness trackers with a social incentive, delivered through a game-based mobile health intervention, increases physical activity and quality of life in ovarian cancer survivors.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Patients will be eligible if they have newly diagnosed ovarian cancer * Are ≤6 months of completing chemotherapy * Read English * Do not have cognitive, visual, or orthopedic impairments that would preclude participation * Plan to continue treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Exclusion Criteria: * Participants will be excluded if they are already participating in an mHealth intervention * Are unable to ambulate * Do not have a smartphone to transmit data from the wearable tracker

What they're measuring

Feasibility of the Accelerometer + Social Support + Gamification

Timeframe: 1 year pilot

Acceptability

Timeframe: 24 weeks

Perceived Effectiveness

Timeframe: 24 weeks

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03364673

SponsorDana-Farber Cancer Institute

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2019-10-31

Results submitted2021-06-28

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