NCT06570642Recruiting
eMOTION: Examining Affective Mechanisms in Physical Activity Engagement
Using Real-Time Data Capture to Examine Affective Mechanisms as Mediators of Physical Activity Adherence in Interventions
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 27 Jun 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This early-phase trial will test intervention strategies to influence affective mechanisms underlying physical activity and determine whether changes in those mechanisms result in change in physical activity behavior among inactive adults who are overweight or obese.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 280 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 16 Aug 2024
- Start date
- 14 Aug 2024
- Primary completion date
- 1 Jan 2027
- Lead sponsor
- University of Southern California
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT06570642
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 280
- From 14 Aug 2024 to the primary completion date, 1 Jan 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
- Inability to engage in one or more key treatment components, including those with medical conditions that preclude physical activity engagement or who cannot wear an accelerometer on the wrist or answer brief surveys on the smartwatch for any reason
Other
- Inability to provide informed consent due to cognitive disability
- Current pregnancy
- Referred to the study by another participant or from Reddit.
Who the study is looking for
- Aged ≥ 18 years
- Reside in the United States
- Self-reported BMI ≥ 25
- Current structured physical activity engagement \< 60 minutes per week
- Own a personal smartphone device
- Reside in an area with Internet or Wi-Fi connectivity during the study period
- Able to speak and read in English
- Interested and willing to start a physical activity program
- Willing to wear a Fitbit Versa smartwatch provided by the study team everyday continuously (including at work and during physical activity), in place of any Fitbits or smartwatches previously worn, for the duration of the study period
- Able to read the small font on a smartwatch screen without glasses, or willing to carry reading glasses during physical activity for the purpose of reading the smartwatch screen
Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Southern California Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Los Angeles | United States | Recruiting |
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