NCT05217108

A Mobile Phone Text-based Intervention to Reduce Sedentary Behavior and Engage Communities on the Importance of Healthy Lifestyles: the TEXT2MOVE Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

To learn if an 8-week, phone-based texting intervention program will reduce sedentary (non-mobile) behavior.

Detailed description

Primary Objective: To test the effect of two text messaging strategies, responsive texts and standard scheduled texts, on sedentary behavior in a racially and geographically diverse sample of adults. Secondary Objective: To assess participant engagement with the program and with the educational content delivered via text messaging. Exploratory Objective: To determine whether two text messaging strategies, responsive texts and standard scheduled texts, increases physical activity in a racially and geographically diverse sample of adults. Exploratory Objective: To determine whether two text messaging strategies, responsive texts and standard scheduled texts are associated with changes in corresponding patient attitudes as assessed by surveys of exploring sedentary behavior, readiness for exercise change, and physical functioning.

Conditions

• Life Style
• Healthy Lifestyle

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	FitBit	All participants in each study group will receive a Fitbit. Participants will be asked to wear a Fitbit every day for 8 weeks to record the number of steps you take

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-01-05
• Primary completion: 2026-10-31
• Completion: 2026-10-31
• First posted: 2022-02-01
• Last updated: 2025-11-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States