Exercise, Activity and Smoking in Young Adults (EASY-A)

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Exercise, Delayed Control

Treatments: Behavioral: High Intensity Interval Training; Behavioral: Moderate Intensity; Device: FitBit Flex; Behavioral: Delayed Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02527876

1505m70321

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how physical activity levels change in young adults when they start a specific exercise program.

Full description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how physical activity levels change in young adults when they start a specific exercise program. Physical activity levels will be monitored daily via a FitBit Flex. Outcome measures include number of minutes of activity per day and distance traveled per day.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-40 years old,
• stable physical/mental health,
• current smoker
• currently minimally active,
• ambulatory,
• interested in increasing their physical activity,
• willingness to attend weekly exercise intervention sessions at a SNAP Fitness location within 10 miles of the University of Minnesota campus,
• the ability to comply with the study protocol and provide informed consent

Exclusion criteria

• Contraindications to increasing physical activity including, but not limited to,
• abnormal electrocardiogram or V02 test results,
• high blood pressure (defined as systolic blood pressure over 165 or diastolic blood pressure over 100),
• heart attack, acute (2 days) cardiac event or stroke in preceding six months,
• unstable angina,
• uncontrolled dysrhythmias causing hemodynamic compromise,
• symptomatic severe aortic stenosis,
• uncontrolled symptomatic heart failure,
• acute pulmonary embolism or pulmonary infarction,
• acute myocarditis or
• pericarditis,
• dissecting aneurism,
• acute systemic infection and
• unstable pulmonary or cardiovascular conditions.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

High Intensity Interval Training/FitBit Flex

Experimental group

Description:

Meet with personal trainer once per week for 20-minute exercise session

Treatment:

Device: FitBit Flex

Behavioral: High Intensity Interval Training

Moderate Intensity/FitBit Flex

Experimental group

Description:

Meet with personal trainer once per week for 30-minute exercise session and exercise two times a week outside of personal trainer

Treatment:

Behavioral: Moderate Intensity

Device: FitBit Flex

Delayed Control/FtBit Flex

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

No exercise offered

Treatment:

Behavioral: Delayed Control

Device: FitBit Flex