Tests an online physical activity program for children with cancer or blood diseases
Tests an online physical activity program in children and teens with cancer or blood diseases.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of Calgary
- Where
- Calgary and Edmonton, CanadaSee the 2 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- IMPACT: IMplementation of Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents on Treatment
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 250 people, planned
- Started
- 3 Aug 2022
- Expected to end
- 1 Jun 2028
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Physical Activity
- Record updated
- 7 March 2025
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for children and teenagers aged 5-18 with any cancer or blood disease who are on treatment, plus at least one parent. They take part in an online physical activity program.
- Age
- 5 to 18 years, plus at least one parent or caregiver
- Sex
- All sexes can join
- Disease stage
- Any cancer or blood disease diagnosis, either now receiving or scheduled to receive treatment, or finished treatment less than 3 months ago
- Earlier treatment
- Must be receiving or scheduled to receive treatment, or have completed treatment less than 3 months ago
Main reasons for not taking part
- Finished all treatment more than 3 months ago
- Unable to do physical activity, as judged by the healthcare team or physical activity specialist
- Parent or patient cannot understand spoken English
- Parent is unwilling to be present during the physical activity sessions
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Children or adolescents between the ages of 5-18 years at enrollment and at least one parent (defined as a caregiver; biological or otherwise)
- Diagnosed with any oncological and/or hematological diagnosis
- Currently receiving or scheduled to receive any treatment for any oncological and/or hematological diagnosis or completed treatment <3 months
Who cannot take part
- Parent is unwilling to be present (i.e., at home, in the same room depending on participant age and functional ability) during the physical activity sessions (required to ensure safety of the child/adolescent)
- Completed all treatment for their oncological or hematological diagnosis >3 months
- Unable to participate in physical activity as assessed by the patients' healthcare team or physical activity specialist
- Parent and/or patient cannot understand verbal English
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 5 and 18 years old?
Where in Canada
- Alberta Children's HospitalCalgary, CanadaContact: Emma McLaughlin PhD Candidate, MScTaking people
- Stollery Children'S HospitalEdmonton, CanadaContact: Emma McLaughlin PhD Candidate, MScTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
Physical activity can enhance well-being among youth diagnosed with oncological or hematological diseases. We developed a tailored, 1:1, online physical activity program (i.e., IMPACT), to promote physical activity in this cohort. The proposed single-group, mixed-methods project will assess the effect of IMPACT and explore markers of implementation.
The group in the trial
- Physical activityTreatment being tested
Participants will be offered online, individualized physical activity sessions 2-3 times/week for 15-45 minutes/session for 8-12 weeks.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Effectiveness and Implementation of Physical Activity for Children and Adolescents on Treatment for Cancer and/or Blood Diseases
- Plain-language title
- Tests an online physical activity program for children with cancer or blood diseasesGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT04956133, who can take part
- Publications
- Record updated
- 7 March 2025