Clinical trial · Interventional
Scalable TELeheaLth Cancer CARe: The STELLAR Program to Treat Cancer Risk Behaviors
- 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 goal of this clinical trial is to improve cancer patient's health, survival, and quality of life by dispelling risk behaviors for Northwestern Memorial Health Care (NMHC) patients who are cancer survivors. The main question\[s\] STELLAR aims to answer are: * How best to combine three behavior interventions (physical activity promotion, smoking cessation, obesity treatment) into one treatment. * Evaluate the reach of the program. We will look at the number, proportion, and representativeness of participants in terms of disease characteristics, socioeconomic status, telehealth readiness, and race/ethnicity. * Evaluate the effects of the STELLAR program relative to enhanced usual care (information provision) on cancer risk behaviors, patient care access, care quality, and communication. Participants will be provided goals related to their physical activity, smoking, and/or weight loss and asked to track their health behaviors via an app, excel file, or on paper. At baseline, 3 months, 6 months and 9 months into the study, participants will provide survey responses and physical measurements like height and weight. Additionally, those in the Facilitated group will complete 12 telehealth sessions with study staff to discuss progress towards their study goals. Researchers will compare the Facilitated group to the Self Guided group to see if the Facilitated intervention group is able to reach more participants that enhances care only.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Physical Inactivity | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Smoking Cessation | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| multiple behavior change therapy | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
- label
- FACILITATED Program
- description
- STELLAR arm participants will receive goals related to their physical activity, smoking, and/or obesity, and will be asked to meet those goals weekly/daily. Participants will also be asked to record their weight, activity, and/or cigarette smoking daily, and will complete 12 telehealth sessions with study staff across the 9 months of the study. Will have physical measures taken or extracted from the medical record at baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 9 months.
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: multiple behavior change therapy
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- SELF GUIDED Program
- description
- Patients in the EUC group will receive informational packets about their risk behaviors - obesity, physical inactivity, and/or smoking. Will have physical measures taken or extracted from the medical record at baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 9 months
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Northwestern Medicine patient * Over 18 years old * Meet at least 1 of the following 3 criteria: * Engage in \<150 min/week of physical activity * BMI of ≥25 * Report that they currently smoke or smoked within the last year * Diagnosed with any cancer (except non-melanoma skin) * Ability to attend telehealth visits either via landline, cell phone, smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer * 3 months post curative intent treatment if BMI of ≥25 or engage in \<150 min/week of physical activity * Post curative intent treatment if they currently smoke or smoked within the last year Exclusion Criteria: * Currently in another dietary, weight loss, smoking cessation (including cessation pharmacotherapy), or physical activity treatment/intervention. * Limited level of oral and written English or Spanish * Cognitively impaired adults * Prisoners * Participants will be excluded from the physical activity and weight loss interventions (but not the smoking cessation component) for: * Absolute contraindications to exercise (i.e., acute myocardial infarction, complete heart block, acute congestive heart failure, unstable angina, uncontrolled hypertension), metastatic disease or planned elective surgery * Pregnant or plans to become pregnant. * Individuals engaging in the physical activity or weight loss interventions must pass pre- physical activity participation screening or obtain medical clearance
References
Publications (2)
- BACKGROUNDSpring B, Garcia SF, Daly E, Jacobs M, Jayeoba M, Jordan N, Kircher S, Kocherginsky M, Mazzetta R, Pollack T, Scanlan L, Scherr C, Hitsman B, Phillips SM. Scalable Telehealth Cancer Care: integrated healthy lifestyle program to live well after cancer treatment. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2024 Jun 26;2024(64):83-91. doi: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgae020. PMID 38924795
- BACKGROUNDRendle KA, Tan ASL, Spring B, Bange EM, Lipitz-Snyderman A, Morris MJ, Makarov DV, Daly R, Garcia SF, Hitsman B, Ogedegbe O, Phillips S, Sherman SE, Stetson PD, Vachani A, Wainwright JV, Zullig LL, Bekelman JE. A Framework for Integrating Telehealth Equitably across the cancer care continuum. J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 2024 Jun 26;2024(64):92-99. doi: 10.1093/jncimonographs/lgae021. PMID 38924790