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Mobile STRIDES App for Increasing Daily Exercise

This study is testing a mobile app called Mobile STRIDES to help adults become more physically active. It's designed for people who aren't currently getting enough exercise. The app offers lessons on physical activity, personalized goals, and tracks your activity with a Fitbit. Some participants will also receive extra training within the app on how to use social support from their team to stay active. The main goal is to see if adding this social support training helps people increase their moderate-to-vigorous intensity aerobic physical activity (like a brisk walk) more than the app without the extra training. You can join if you are at least 18 years old and not meeting physical activity guidelines. The study is currently recruiting participants.

Study design
This study will involve about 300 participants, divided into roughly 60 teams of 3-8 adults. Teams will be randomly assigned to receive either the Mobile STRIDES app or the app plus social support training.
What's involved
You will use the Mobile STRIDES app for 3 months, which includes lessons and tracking your physical activity with a Fitbit. Outcome assessments will be completed at the start, at 3 months, and at 12 months.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed for 12 months after starting the intervention.

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NCT06662292

Mobile Supportive Teams for Reinforcing Increased Daily Exercise Study

Recruiting
NAAges 18+InterventionalPrevention
University of South Carolina
~300 participants
Updated 2025-10-15 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Mobile STRIDES app (psychoeducation features)Mobile STRIDES app (self-regulation features)Mobile STRIDES app (social support training features)

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Change in minutes per week of moderate-to-vigorous intensity aerobic physical activity (MVPA) at 3 months
Measured over Baseline and 3 months

Conditions

Physical Activity

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
South Carolina1

Study leadership

  • Courtney Monroe, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of South Carolina

Who to contact

Courtney Monroe, PhD
[email protected]
803-766-6275
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

be at least 18 years of age
be insufficiently physically active (\< 150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity equivalent aerobic physical activity as measured by waist-worn accelerometer (research grade physical activity measurement device) - i.e., sum of time spent in minutes of moderate-intensity activity plus twice the minutes spent in vigorous-intensity activity \< 150 minutes per week)
be part of a self-selected team of 3-8 individuals each of whom also meet all other eligibility criteria (members of the same household are only eligible to participate if they are on the same team - limit one team per household)
have access to a smartphone (Android or iphone operating system-based) with an internet connection
report being able to walk at least ¼ mile without stopping
be able to provide informed consent
complete all screening and baseline questionnaires and activities

Exclusion

participating in another physical activity study or program
are pregnant, breastfeeding, less than 6 months post-partum, or plan to become pregnant during the time frame of the investigation
report a medical condition that would affect the safety and/or efficacy of a physical activity program (e.g., terminal illness; uncontrolled heart condition, dementia, bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder, other significant psychiatric problems, or use of insulin)
report conditions that in the judgment of the Principal Investigator would render them unlikely to be able to independently follow the intervention protocol for 3 months, including conditions which might compromise their ability to engage independently with the intervention website materials and wearable physical activity tracker, as well as complete online questionnaires and adhere to wearing an accelerometer

What this trial measures

  • Change in minutes per week of moderate-to-vigorous intensity aerobic physical activity (MVPA) at 3 monthsBaseline and 3 months

    Change in minutes per week of moderate-to-vigorous intensity aerobic physical activity (MVPA) from baseline to 3 months as measured by accelerometer