NCT06801912Completed
A BCT Intervention for an Hourly Activity Habit Among Caregivers for Persons With AD/ADRD
A Behavior Change Technique (BCT) Intervention to Develop an Hourly Activity Habit Among Caregivers for Persons Alzheimer's Disease (AD) or Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (ADRD)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 28 May 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This 12-week trial will test the efficacy of a personalized, multi-component, personalized text-message delivered behavior change technique (BCT) intervention to encourage habitual hourly physical activity among care providers of persons with Alzheimer's Disease and Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) via the key mechanism of behavior change (MoBC) of automaticity. The main question it aims to answer is whether a multi-component, personalized BCT intervention to increase habitual walking of \>250 steps/hour will lead to successful development of habitual hourly walking among 50% of caregivers.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 100 (actual)
- First submitted
- 24 Jan 2025
- Start date
- 25 Mar 2025
- Primary completion date
- 21 May 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Northwell Health
- Diseases
- Alzheimer disease
- NCT number
- NCT06801912
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 100
- From 25 Mar 2025 to the primary completion date, 21 May 2026
- 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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Prior treatment
- Does not own or cannot regularly access a smartphone capable of receiving text messages or accessing the internet
Other
- Individuals who self-report having been informed by a clinician it is medically or physically unsafe to engage in a walking intervention
- Does not own or have access to an email address
- Lives outside the United States
Who the study is looking for
- Identify as a caregiver (formal/paid or informal/unpaid) for persons with Alzheimer's Disease or Alzheimer's Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD)
- Age \>=18 and \<=85
- Speak English or Spanish as primary language
- Self-report low levels of physical activity or walking
Age in the registry: 18 years to 85 years · 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Institute of Health System Science Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | New Hyde Park | United States | Unknown status |
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