NCT05687604Recruiting
Scalable TELeheaLth Cancer CARe: The STELLAR Program to Treat Cancer Risk Behaviors
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 8 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
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.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 1500 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 5 Dec 2022
- Start date
- 24 Sept 2024
- Primary completion date
- 30 Apr 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Northwestern University
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT05687604
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 1500
- From 24 Sept 2024 to the primary completion date, 30 Apr 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- 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
Lab values
- Individuals engaging in the physical activity or weight loss interventions must pass pre- physical activity participation screening or obtain medical clearance
Other
- 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:
- Pregnant or plans to become pregnant.
Who the study is looking for
- 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
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chicago | United States | Recruiting |
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