Clinical trial · Interventional
Efficacy of a Smart Management Strategy for Health (SMASH) Program for Overcoming Cancer Crisis and Growing Positively
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Smart Management Strategy for Health (SMASH) Program for Overcoming Cancer Crisis and Growing Positively in Cancer Survivors
NCT02650661CI-TRIAL-00035381completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of the "Smart Management Strategy for Health (SMASH)" program, which is designed to help cancer patients overcome their cancer crisis proactively and grow positively.
Conditions
Conditions (4)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breast Neoplasms | Breast Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Colorectal Neoplasms | Colorectal Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Lung Neoplasms | Lung Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.98 |
| Stomach Neoplasms | Gastric Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (4)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health coaching | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Online health management program | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Standard health educational booklet | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| Workshop | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (3)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Online program & Health coaching
- description
- This group is provided with "Online health management program", "Health coaching" and "Workshop".
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Online health management program
- Behavioral: Health coaching
- Behavioral: Workshop
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Online program
- description
- This group is provided with "Online health management program".
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Online health management program
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Enhanced Usual Care
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 19 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Aware of one's diagnosis of breast, lung, colorectal or gastric cancer * less than 2 months has passed since one's completion of primary cancer treatment (including surgery, radiation, or chemotherapy) * Performs poorly at baseline on at least one goal behavior, which includes the followings: (i) moderate exercise ≥150 min/week or strenuous exercise ≥75 min/week (\*exception: ≥12.5 MET-hr/week for lung cancer patients) (ii) BMI within normal range (18.5-22.9) (\*exception: ≥18.5 for lung cancer patients) (iii) Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) score ≥72 Exclusion Criteria: * Inability to speak or write Korean * Medical conditions that would limit adherence to an unsupervised health management program (as confirmed by their referring physician; e.g. major depression, dyspnea) * Currently pregnant or planning to be within the next year
References
Publications (23)
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