Clinical trial · Interventional
A Technology-based Intervention for Promoting Physical Activity Among Post-treatment Cancer Survivors
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- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Cancer survivors generally have low physical activity (PA) levels. While literature shows some evidence of improvement in PA following technology-based PA promotion interventions among cancer survivors, high-quality randomised control trials (RCTs), with objective measures of PA and longer-term follow-up, are lacking. Using a theoretical framework that addresses action control in addition to intention formation may enhance intervention effect. The Multi-process action control (M-PAC) framework is an extension of the traditional intention-formation theories, incorporating constructs that address the translation of intention into behaviour and continual action control. After comprehensively searching, no previous or ongoing RCTs have investigated the efficacy of a technology-based PA promotion intervention in cancer survivors that is designed based on the M-PAC framework. Investigators therefore propose a RCT to evaluate a technology-based intervention (WExercise) to support the promotion of PA in cancer survivors.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cancer | Malignant Neoplasm | ALIAS | 0.90 |
| Survivorship | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (2)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
| WExercise | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Intervention condition (WExercise)
- description
- Participants will receive a written information sheet (i.e., PA guide, safety precautions, and goal) same as the control group. In addition, participants in the WExercise group will be provided with 10 weekly technology-based classes delivered in a mobile application aimed at promoting PA. Participants will be given individualised access to the app. The classes aim at developing reflective, regulatory, and reflexive processes of cancer survivors to engage in PA based on the M-PAC framework. Participants will be sent reminders (3 days apart) by WhatsApp/WeChat each time they have a class due.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: WExercise
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- Control condition (Self-directed exercise)
- description
- Participants will receive a one-page written information sheet regarding the PA guidelines for cancer survivors and exercise safety precautions extracted from the website of the Centre for Health Protection of the HKSAR Government. Although mixed aerobic and resistance exercise are recommended, participants will be provided with a simple goal of increasing their aerobic exercise levels to 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity or 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic exercise per week because resistance exercise requires instructions from trained personnel.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * ≥18 years of age * completion of primary treatment (surgery/chemo-/radiation therapy) of curative intent for at least 12 months, * no metastasis, no recurrence * not meeting the recommended PA guideline (\<150 min of moderate intensity aerobic exercise and \<75 min of vigorous aerobic exercise per week) * access to Internet * able to read Chinese and communicate in Cantonese or Putonghua * screened by a nurse as no contraindications for engaging in unsupervised exercise using a risk screening tool Exclusion Criteria: * have a psychiatric disorder * significant cognitive impairment * a history of more than one cancer
References
Publications (2)
- BACKGROUNDRhodes RE. Chapter Five - The Evolving Understanding of Physical Activity Behavior: A Multi-Process Action Control Approach. In: Elliot AJ, editor. Advances in Motivation Science. 4: Elsevier; 2017. p. 171-205.
- BACKGROUNDLiu S, Husband C, La H, Juba M, Loucks R, Harrison A, Rhodes RE. Development of a self-guided web-based intervention to promote physical activity using the multi-process action control framework. Internet Interv. 2018 Dec 4;15:35-42. doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2018.11.003. eCollection 2019 Mar. PMID 30568879