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FitBros App for Exercise Engagement

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Recruiting

Led By Robert Newton, PHD

Research Sponsored by Klein Buendel, Inc.

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 9 months

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial aims to create a mobile app to help African American men increase and maintain physical activity to reduce health disparities.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for African American men who are at least 30 years old, have a BMI between 18.5 and 45, can safely do aerobic and resistance training, don't exercise regularly, own a smartphone, and agree to participate. Men with medical conditions that prevent regular exercise or deemed unsuitable by the investigators cannot join.

What is being tested?

The study is testing a mobile phone app called FitBrothers designed to help African American men start and keep up with physical activity. It's compared against another app called Nike Training Club to see which one works better for maintaining health behaviors through technology.

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves physical activity programs delivered via apps without medicinal interventions, side effects may include typical exercise-related issues such as muscle soreness or strain but no drug-related side effects.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 9 months

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~9 months

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 9 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Adoptive Immunotherapy

Secondary study objectives

Change from Baseline in Blood Pressure at 9 months

Change from Baseline in Dietary Habits at 9 Months

Change from Baseline in Quality of Life Assessment at 9 Months

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Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: FitBrothers smartphone active appExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants will be expected to engage with the FitBrothers app on a daily basis. Daily alerts and notifications will engage users in daily use of the app and provide up-to-date information on users' progress. Participant responses will also be used to evaluate additional or on-going support of users' needs (e.g., increase/ decrease prompts based on user preferences, tailored messages around a set goal, etc.). To protect privacy and to ensure that the participant is the person completing the app activities, KB will uniquely identify the user's smartphone based off the device's "hardware footprint". The app will upload all app activity data to the KB secured web server database.

Group II: Comparator appActive Control1 Intervention

Nike Training Club is a free app available on iOS and Android platforms. The app is designed to increase fitness in users through a variety of mechanisms. Similar to FitBrothers, men will be able to track and monitor their physical activity level, set goals, engage in competitions, and upload activity data from a wearable. They will also be provided with preset workouts, receive guidance from an expert, and receive personalized plans that automatically adapt to user behavior. Unlike the FitBrothers app, the Nike Training Club app was not developed with input from African American men, does not track health information (e.g. blood pressure, blood glucose), does not have a theoretical basis, and does not have specific strategies for maintenance.

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