Recruiting

ACCELERATION

Sponsor:

University Health Network, Toronto

Code:

NCT02264366

Conditions

Chronic Disease

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Motivational Communication for Health Behavior management

Study Details

Brief summary:

The ACCELERATION (ACtivity, smoking Cessation, healthy Eating and aLcohol Education, inteRvention, and motivATION) Program is a collaborative project in cancer and chronic disease prevention that has been designed by and will be delivered amongst cardiopulmonary rehabilitation and prevention programs and cancer centres in Ontario (ON), British Columbia (BC), Quebec (QC) and Nova Scotia (NS). This project is being funded by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Health Canada and Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and in the amount of $2.4M over a 3 year period (October 2013 - September 2016). The ACCELERATION Program is a 12 week structured model of behavioural interventions and education around self-management and prevention that aims to access readily available and referable people for primary prevention intervention.This program aligns with current provincial, national and international chronic disease prevention and management strategies. The goal of the ACCELERATION program is to measurably and effectively change the risk factors and health behaviours known to impact cancer and other chronic diseases. Specifically we will aim to increase physical activity, reduce smoking, encourage healthy eating, and moderate alcohol consumption in about 3,000 participants across Canada over 3 years.

Conditions

Chronic Disease

Study ID

NCT02264366

Start date

Oct, 2014

Status verified date

Nov, 2015

Completion date

Oct, 2017

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Oct, 2016

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

Must have at least one behavioural risk factor

  • physical inactivity (less than 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity per week)
  • suboptimal nutrition behaviour (consumption of less than 5 fruits/vegetables per day)
  • smoking (any amount of personal smoking by self-report)
  • alcohol intake in excess of Canada's Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines (low risk is defined by less than 10 drinks a week for women, with no more than 2 drinks a day most days; or less than 15 drinks a week for men, with no more than 3 drinks a day most days)
  • over the age of 18
  • family history of cancer or cardiovascular disease
  • in addition, subjects may have stable medical co-morbidities such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, obesity and respiratory conditions, and persons with a diagnosis of cancer or cardiovascular event more than 5 years previously will also be included

Exclusion Criteria:

  • new cancer diagnosis or cardiovascular event within 5 years
  • alcoholism and alcohol abuse (mild, moderate or severe)
  • Unable to participate fully in the program due to mental health or physical limitations
  • participating concurrently in other studies of intensive health behaviour modification.

Study Design

Enrollment

3000 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Non randomized

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: At Risk Group: ACCELERATION program

This "At Risk" Group will include ;People at risk of cancer referred from UHN partners and community practices. Also included in this group are; First Nations population of BC, Asians and South Asian populations from Greater Vancouver and the working population of the City of Richmond employees. At the Montreal site users of the YMCA with risk factors for, or family history of, cancer and other chronic diseases will be targeted. And finally, in Nova Scotia the "At Risk" Group will be identified as being at risk of cancer and other chronic diseases referred from community practices and from the workplace population of the Capital District Health Authority (CDHA).

Intervention: Motivational Communication for Health Behavior management

experimental: Friends & Family -ACCELERATION Program

This group includes family and friends of cancer survivors and family and friends of cardiac \& COPD rehab patients. The intervention includes Motivational Communication for Health Behavior management

Interventions

Motivational Communication for Health Behavior management

An appropriate and evidence-informed model of motivational counselling, health coaching and chronic disease self-management will be integrated into the delivery of all aspects of the ACCELERATION program. The focus will be on 4 health behaviors that include healthy eating, exercise, smoking cessation and moderation of alcohol consumption. This will include engagement techniques such as motivational interviewing, identification of stage of change, visioning of "best self", goal setting and action planning, expressing empathy, developing discrepancy, decisional balance, "rolling with resistance", and supporting self-efficacy. (Rubak 2005, Knight 2006).

Primary outcome measure

  • Improvement in one or more of the Four Core Health Behaviors [ Time Frame: 12 weeks, and 3 month follow-up ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

paul Oh, MD FRCPC

(416) 597-3422paul.oh@uhn.ca

Locations

University Health Network

Recruiting

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4G 1R7

Contacts

Paul Oh, FRCPC

(416) 597-3422paul.oh@uhn.ca

Karolina Perraud, MA

416-597-3422karolina.perraud@uhn.ca

More Information

Sponsor

University Health Network, Toronto

Last update posted

Dec 2, 2015

Last verified

Nov, 2015

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University Health Network, Toronto on 2015-12-02.