Testing Scalable, IVR-supported Cancer Prevention Interventions in the Rural Alabama Black Belt (DIAL)

The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity

Treatments: Behavioral: Deep south Interactive voice response system supported Active Lifestyle (DIAL)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03903874

R01CA233550 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

IRB-300003238

Details and patient eligibility

About

This protocol involves a randomized controlled trial (N=240) to test the efficacy of the Deep south Active Lifestyle (DIAL intervention) telephone-based physical activity counseling intervention vs. a wait list condition. Assessments of MVPA and psychosocial variables will occur at baseline, 6, 12, and 18 months. Primary aim. Test the efficacy of DIAL intervention vs. wait list control. Hypotheses are that the participants receiving DIAL intervention will report significantly greater increases in MVPA (based on 7-Day Physical Activity Recalls, accelerometers) from baseline to 6 and 12 months than the wait list control arm. Exploratory Aims. Examine 1) Intervention effects on physical performance and psychosocial variables (anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleep disturbance; corroborate self report sleep improvements from pilot with accelerometry); 2) Changes in MVPA from 12-18 months to assess long term (6 months post-intervention) maintenance in the intervention arm and ascertain replicability of intervention effects in wait list control arm; 3) Intervention costs; 4) Potential mediators (social support from family, friends, CHAs, theoretical constructs directly targeted by the intervention) and moderators (education, neighborhood/environmental features) of treatment efficacy; 5) Potential barriers/ facilitators to widespread implementation of DIAL intervention in rural Black belt counties by Deep South Network for Cancer Control.

Full description

This protocol involves a randomized controlled trial (N=240) to test the efficacy of the Deep south Active Lifestyle (DIAL intervention) telephone-based physical activity counseling intervention vs. a wait list condition. Assessments of MVPA and psychosocial variables will occur at baseline, 6, 12, and 18 months.

Primary aim. Test the efficacy of DIAL intervention vs. wait list control. Hypotheses are that the participants receiving DIAL intervention will report significantly greater increases in MVPA (based on 7-Day Physical Activity Recalls, accelerometers) from baseline to 6 and 12 months than the wait list control arm.

Exploratory Aims. Examine 1) Intervention effects on physical performance and psychosocial variables (anxiety, depression, fatigue, sleep disturbance; corroborate self report sleep improvements from pilot with accelerometry); 2) Changes in MVPA from 12-18 months to assess long term (6 months post-intervention) maintenance in the intervention arm and ascertain replicability of intervention effects in wait list control arm; 3) Intervention costs; 4) Potential mediators (social support from family, friends, CHAs, theoretical constructs directly targeted by the intervention) and moderators (education, neighborhood/environmental features) of treatment efficacy; 5) Potential barriers/ facilitators to widespread implementation of DIAL intervention in rural Black belt counties by Deep South Network for Cancer Control.

Enrollment: 245 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Insufficiently active (engaging in MVPA < 60 minutes per week)
• Residents of participating rural Black Belt counties (Dallas, Marengo, Choctaw, Sumter, Hale, Greene)
• BMI 18.5-45
• Able to speak and read English
• Willing to be randomized to either study arm and adhere to study protocol
• Able to regularly access a telephone (own a cell phone or work/home landline) to complete IVR calls

Exclusion criteria

• Serious medical conditions that would make physical activity unsafe (history of heart disease, myocardial infarction, angina, stroke, orthopedic conditions which limit mobility),
• Planning to move from the area within the next 18 months.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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245 participants in 2 patient groups

DIAL intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Deep south Interactive voice response system Active Lifestyle (DIAL) intervention. Participants will receive 12 months of automated physical activity phone counseling. Participants will report their physical activity to the IVR system each day for 3 months, twice/week in months 3-6, and once/week in months 6-12 and receive progress feedback via IVR system, along with community health worker support.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Deep south Interactive voice response system supported Active Lifestyle (DIAL)

Wait List Control

No Intervention group

Description:

The wait list control participants will be instructed to maintain their normal routine until completion of the 6-month assessments and then receive the same 12-month DIAL intervention. To maintain engagement, these participants will be involved in monthly lunch and learns, focus groups, etc on cancer topics other than PA (e.g., screening) during the wait period.