Actively Recruiting
Scalable TELeheaLth Cancer CARe: The STELLAR Program to Treat Cancer Risk Behaviors
Led by Northwestern University · Updated on 2026-05-08
1500
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
148 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to improve cancer patient's health, survival, and quality of life by dispelling risk behaviors for Northwestern Memorial Health Care (NMHC) patients who are cancer survivors. The main question\[s\] STELLAR aims to answer are: * How best to combine three behavior interventions (physical activity promotion, smoking cessation, obesity treatment) into one treatment. * Evaluate the reach of the program. We will look at the number, proportion, and representativeness of participants in terms of disease characteristics, socioeconomic status, telehealth readiness, and race/ethnicity. * Evaluate the effects of the STELLAR program relative to enhanced usual care (information provision) on cancer risk behaviors, patient care access, care quality, and communication. Participants will be provided goals related to their physical activity, smoking, and/or weight loss and asked to track their health behaviors via an app, excel file, or on paper. At baseline, 3 months, 6 months and 9 months into the study, participants will provide survey responses and physical measurements like height and weight. Additionally, those in the Facilitated group will complete 12 telehealth sessions with study staff to discuss progress towards their study goals. Researchers will compare the Facilitated group to the Self Guided group to see if the Facilitated intervention group is able to reach more participants that enhances care only.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Scalable TELeheaLth Cancer CARe: The STELLAR Program to Treat Cancer Risk Behaviors
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Be a patient of Northwestern Medicine
- Be 18 years or older
- Have at least one of these: less than 150 minutes per week of physical activity, a BMI of 25 or higher, or currently smoke/have smoked within the last year
- Diagnosed with any cancer except non-melanoma skin cancer
- Able to attend telehealth visits using landline, cell phone, smartphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop computer
- At least 3 months post curative intent treatment if BMI is 25 or higher or physical activity is less than 150 minutes per week
- Post curative intent treatment if currently smoke or smoked within the last year
You will not qualify if you...
- Currently participating in another diet, weight loss, smoking cessation (including medication), or physical activity program
- Limited ability to read or write in English or Spanish
- Cognitive impairment
- Prisoner status
- For physical activity and weight loss interventions (not smoking cessation): have absolute contraindications to exercise such as recent heart attack, complete heart block, acute heart failure, unstable angina, uncontrolled high blood pressure, metastatic disease, or planned elective surgery
- Pregnant or planning to become pregnant
- Must pass pre-exercise screening or receive medical clearance to participate in physical activity or weight loss interventions
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Northwestern University-Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60611
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
R
Rana Mazzetta, LMSW
CONTACT
L
Laura Scanlan
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
2
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