Reduce Sedentary Time in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

Children's Hospital Los Angeles20 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this feasibility trial is to test if a mobile health intervention, including a wearable fitness tracker with inactivity-triggered reminders to move, individualized coaching sessions, and an app-based peer support group, can decrease sedentary time (time spent sitting/lying down and inactive) in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) receiving maintenance chemotherapy. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is the intervention a feasible and acceptable way to decrease sedentary time among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with ALL? * Does the intervention show evidence that it may decrease sedentary time? * Does the intervention show evidence that it may increase quality of life, reduce inflammation, and improve glucose and lipid metabolism? Participants will use their fitness tracker with reminders to move as well as support from other intervention participants and coaching with study staff to gradually decrease their sedentary time over 10 weeks. Researchers will compare participant pre- and post-intervention study measures to see if the program may be helpful to decrease sedentary time in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with ALL. All participants will wear an activity tracker on the thigh for 7 days at the beginning and end of the study as well as complete quality of life questionnaires. Study labs will be collected three times (baseline, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks) over the course of the 12-week study. All in-person study visits and labs will occur in conjunction with Oncology clinic visits for maintenance chemotherapy.

Sedentary behaviors are highly prevalent among adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and may worsen the cardiometabolic effects and deconditioning commonly associated with therapy. Additionally, sedentary lifestyles often persistent in to adulthood, increasing risk of chronic disease and early mortality in cancer survivors. Replacing sedentary time (ST) with short bouts of light activity has been shown to reduce adiposity and improve glucose metabolism. In adults, it has also been shown to decrease cancer incidence and cancer-specific mortality. This pilot trial tests the feasibility and acceptability of a 10-week, multi-component mobile health ST intervention in adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with ALL and will inform future larger studies. Thirty participants will be enrolled and all will receive the intervention. They will receive a wearable fitness tracker with inactivity-triggered prompts to move and participate in an app-based peer support group as well as individualized coaching sessions. Primary endpoints are intervention feasibility and acceptability. As a secondary endpoint, the trial will also evaluate if the intervention shows evidence that it may reduce device-measured and self-reported ST. Exploratory endpoints include the intervention's effect on participants' glucose and lipid metabolism, level of inflammation, and health-related quality of life and fatigue. Feasibility will be measured by recruitment rate, fitness tracker wear time, and retention rate; acceptability will be measured quantitatively via study exit surveys and qualitatively among intervention participants with exit interviews.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 12 YearsMax age: 21 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * 12-21 years of age at time of enrollment * Diagnosis of lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma treated with Children's Oncology Group (COG)-based maintenance chemotherapy \[B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (B-ALL/Ly), T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma (T-ALL/Ly), mixed phenotype acute leukemia (MPAL)\] * Has completed at least one month of maintenance chemotherapy and has at least one cycle (3 months) remaining. * Baseline sedentary lifestyle with a self-reported average of 4 or more leisure-time hours per day spent sedentary (verbal report) * Willing to reduce their sedentary time * Parent/legal guardian available for consent (if applicable), and patient available for assent or consent as applicable * Has access to internet and smartphone compatible with Fitbit and WhatsApp (own or parent/legal guardian's) * Ability to participate in virtual sessions with study staff * Fluent in English (Parent/legal guardian does not need to be fluent in English as long as they can provide consent, if needed, in their primary language) Exclusion Criteria: * Evidence of recurrent or metastatic disease * Inability to obtain consent/assent * Medical contraindication to daily standing and light physical activity \[\>1.5 metabolic equivalents of task (METs)\] * Intellectual disability or developmental delay which limits ability to fully participate in the study intervention * Unable to obtain laboratory studies * Unable to accurately perform quality of life surveys independently * Unable to complete study-related surveys * Pregnancy or current imprisonment

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Number of participants enrolled at 6 months

Recruitment rate will serve as one of the primary markers of study feasibility to inform future trials. Number of participants recruited per week will be tracked to calculate the total participants enrolled at 6 months.

Time frame: 6 months

Number of participants who have completed all baseline and exit questionnaires at 12 weeks

Retention rate will also be a defining measure of study feasibility. Number of participants who complete all questionnaires at baseline and 12 weeks will be divided by the total number of participants to determine the retention rate.

Time frame: 12 weeks

Average intervention participant fitness tracker wear time over 10 weeks

Fitness tracker (Fitbit) wear time for each participant will be measured by the number of hours per day with detectable heart rate measurement. Total hours of fitness tracker wear time will be divided by total number of intervention days to calculate average daily wear time.

Time frame: 10 weeks

Participant satisfaction with the sedentary time intervention at 12 weeks

Participant acceptability of the sedentary time intervention will be assessed via exit surveys and semi-structured qualitative interviews with study participants at the end of the 12-week study period. The exit survey will assess participants' opinions on the perceived effectiveness of the intervention overall, as well as each intervention component (Fitbit with reminders to move, coaching sessions, app-based per support group), via Likert-scale questions.

Time frame: 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Change in average minutes per day of sedentary time from baseline to 12 weeks

Sedentary time will be measured using an activity monitor applied to the right thigh (ActivPAL accelerometer) that tracks how much time someone spends in low-intensity activities done while sitting or lying down (sedentary behaviors) over a 7-day period. Total minutes of sedentary time acquired will be divided by the number of valid accelerometer wear days to calculate the average minutes of sedentary time per day, which will be compared from baseline to post-intervention.

Time frame: 12 Weeks

Change in average hours per day of uninterrupted sedentary time from baseline to 12 weeks

For all participants, sedentary time will be measured using an activity monitor applied to the right thigh (ActivPAL accelerometer) that tracks how much time someone spends in low-intensity activities done while sitting or lying down (sedentary behaviors) over a 7-day period. An uninterrupted sedentary hour will be defined as an hour with \<250 steps. Total hours of uninterrupted sedentary time acquired will be divided by valid accelerometer wear days to calculate the average hours of uninterrupted sedentary time per day, which will be compared from baseline to post-intervention.