Weight Management Among Breast Cancer Survivors

Summary

The long-term goal of this research is to develop, evaluate and implement effective mHealth technology interventions that improve cancer management outcomes by changing lifestyle behaviors among urban health- disparity facing populations. To accomplish this goal, the investigators will need to determine the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of an intervention in which breast cancer survivors receive counseling about lifestyle behaviors (weight, nutrition, and physical activity) from a health counselor trained in evidenced-based behavioral counseling methods.

Conditions

• Body Weight

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Device: FitBit Flex wrist band

Participants will track their daily steps walked and hours of sleep by wearing the FitBit Flex wrist band during the 8 week study period. The data collected from the wrist band will be synced to participants' FitBit smart phone application and monitored by the study team.

BEHAVIORAL

Device: FitBit Aria weight scale

Participants will record their daily body weight during the 8 week study period by stepping on the FitBit Aria weight scale. The data collected from the scale will be synced to participants' FitBit smart phone application accounts and monitored by the study team.

BEHAVIORAL

Diet Intake Messages

The study team will send participants daily text messages regarding their dietary intake. Each message will contain five questions that yield a yes, or no response. Messages will be sent daily during the 8 week study period. Responses from the messages will be recorded and monitored by the study team to enhance the behavioral counseling intervention.

BEHAVIORAL

Behavioral Counseling

Participants will engage in four phone calls with the study counselor to discuss behavioral several topics (physical activity, sleep, fatigue \& dietary patterns) and to reflect on their data recorded by the FitBit devices. The calls will take place on a bi-weekly basis. During the weeks between calls, the counselor will maintain contact with the participants through asynchronous text messages to monitor their progress in the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Boston University

  collaborator OTHER

• Boston Medical Center

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Lisa Quintiliani, Ph.D. · Assistant Professor

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2015-02-28

Primary Completion

2015-07-31

Completion

2015-07-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations