Recruiting

RemoteEx+

Sponsor:

Creighton University

Code:

NCT07171255

Conditions

Sedentary Middle Age and Older Aged Adults

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 40 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

RemoteEx+ Programming

Study Details

Brief summary:

Alzheimer's disease and related dementias are a public health crisis impacting individuals across the world. In the United States, adults living in rural areas face an elevated risk for cognitive impairment mainly due to disparities in care, higher sedentary behavior, and reduced education. This project proposes to assess the impact of a remotely delivered exercise program (i.e., RemoteEx+) through a smartphone application. The app is programmed by our team and provides video demonstrations of exercises, workout regimes, motivational messaging, and weekly ADRD risk reduction education. The project aims to assess with a pre/post design the following aims:

  • Aim 1. Assess the RemoteEx+ intervention exercise adherence, efficacy, enjoyment, and quality of life. We hypothesize that rural adults will report high exercise adherence (80% of session adherence), efficacy (>50% on Self Efficacy for Exercise), and enjoyment (>5.0 on Intrinsic Motivation Inventory - Interest / Enjoyment Subscale) and that these variables will be positively correlated with quality of life scores (36-Item Short Form Health Survey \[SF-36\])
  • Aim 2. Determine the impact of a technology-driven exercise program on blood pressure and functional mobility associated with dementia risk. We hypothesize that the exercise program will result in improvements in blood pressure and functional mobility (2-minute step test and 30-second chair rise test) and that participants with high exercise adherence will see the greatest improvements in biomarkers associated with reduced dementia risk.
  • Aim 3. Reduce health disparities among rural-dwelling Nebraska and Kansas residents. We hypothesize that RemoteEx+ will reduce barriers to exercise (Barriers to Being Active Quiz and improve knowledge surrounding dementia and modifiable risk factors (Dementia Knowledge Assessment Tool - Version 2 \[DKAT2\]) that will result in fewer lifestyle-related health disparities for the communities involved in this study.

The results from this project will inform whether RemoteEx+ has an impact on the stated outcomes above for adults living in rural areas.

Conditions

Sedentary Middle Age and Older Aged Adults

Study ID

NCT07171255

Start date

Aug 22, 2025

Status verified date

Apr, 2025

Completion date

Jun 30, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun 30, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 40 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age 40-85 years
  • Characterized as underactive by the Telephone Assessment of Physical Activity (TAPA)50
  • Self-reported proficiency in English
  • Own a smartphone and willing to download an application
  • Primary care provider clearance to participate for those who do not pass the PAR-Q+51
  • Live in a rural area (Rural-Urban Commuting Area \[RUCA\] Codes) 52

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Contraindications to high-intensity exercise
  • Cognitive impairment (<19 on the Telephone Montreal Cognitive Assessment \[MoCA\])
  • Neurodegenerative or acute neurological diagnoses (e.g., Parkinson's disease, stroke, traumatic brain injury)
  • Orthopedic surgery or injuries in the last 6 months

Study Design

Enrollment

54 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: RemoteEx+ Program

Interventions

RemoteEx+ Programming

The exercise program will include video instruction for all exercises, motivational cues, and ADRD risk education throughout the 16-week exercise program to encourage exercise adherence. RemoteEx+ is optimized to enhance exercise knowledge surrounding dementia risk factors to facilitate ADRD risk reduction and overall health improvement. The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy of RemoteEx+ on health outcomes associated with dementia risk in underactive rural adults.

Primary outcome measure

  • Systolic Blood Pressure [ Time Frame: Baseline and Week 16 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Rashelle Hoffman, PT, DPT, PhD

402-546-8997rashellehoffman@creighton.edu

Erin Blocker, PhD

eblocker@emporia.edu

Locations

Emporia State University

Recruiting

Emporia, Kansas, United States, 66801

Creighton University

Recruiting

Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68178

Contacts

4022805691

More Information

Sponsor

Creighton University

Last update posted

Sep 12, 2025

Last verified

Apr, 2025

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Creighton University on 2025-09-12.