Recruiting

ExerciseRxPhysical Activity Through Health Technology in Axial Spondyloarthritis

Sponsor:

University of Washington

Code:

NCT07642622

Conditions

Axial Spondyloarthritis

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Physical activity program intervention

Usual Care Group

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to find out whether a mobile app called the ExerciseRx app is a practical and helpful way for people with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) to receive exercise recommendations as part of their regular rheumatology care.

Researchers want to learn:

Whether people with axSpA find the ExerciseRx app easy to use and helpful for supporting regular exercise.

Whether using the ExerciseRx app leads to improvements in symptoms, physical function, and disease activity compared with usual care.

Participants assigned to the ExerciseRx group will use the app to complete guided exercises for 20-30 minutes, four times per week. They will also receive personalized weekly step-count goals to help increase their physical activity. Researchers will compare outcomes between participants using the app and those receiving usual care.

Conditions

Axial Spondyloarthritis

Study ID

NCT07642622

Start date

Jun, 2026

Status verified date

Jun, 2026

Completion date

Jun, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

Diagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis by a rheumatologist
English speaking
Insufficiently active (less than 150 minutes of moderate intensity aerobic activity per week)
Willing to wear a Fitbit for the study duration
Willing to have or create a Google account and download the Google Health app (previously known as the Fitbit app)

Exclusion Criteria:

Currently pregnant
International travel or any circumstance causing lack of access to wi-fi/Internet at any point during the study period
Recent or planned surgery that may affect ability to engage in physical activity
Unable to exercise for health reasons, or a provider has recommended against exercising for safety/health reasons
Unable to walk safely without difficulty, or is a fall risk (i.e., 3+ falls in past 6 months)
History of a fall resulting in a fracture or head injury in the past 6 months
Cardiovascular contraindicators for physical activity, or history of cardiovascular problems that may be exacerbated by physical activity, as defined by their rheumatologist
Diabetes causing hypoglycemia following physical activity

Study Design

Enrollment

40 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: ExerciseRx app

the ExerciseRx app with personalized exercise recommendations, an educational handout, Fitbit-guided step goals, and physical therapy referral

active comparator: Usual care

An educational handout, Fitbit monitoring without step goals, and physical therapy referral

Interventions

Physical activity program intervention

Patients complete home exercise sessions given via the ExerciseRx app over 20-30 minutes 4 times per week for 12 weeks and receive daily step count goals. Patients also receive a FitBit to wear continuously throughout the study, and are given access to view their step counts via the ExerciseRx app, and receive an educational handout with exercises for axial spondyloarthritis.

Usual Care Group

Patients receive recommendations from their physicians to continue their usual physical activity as tolerated, receive a FitBit to wear continuously throughout the study, with the ExerciseRx app locked to the baseline home screen, and receive an educational handout with exercises for axial spondyloarthritis.

Primary outcome measure

Average minutes of physical activity/exercise during the week and % of participants with adherence to 60% or higher of the recommended exercises [ Time Frame: Week 0 (baseline), 6 and 12 ]
Acceptability of the ExeriseRx app as a platform to complete recommended exercises for axial spondyloarthritis including % of participants with average score above 5 on MAUQ indicating usability [ Time Frame: Weeks 6 and 12 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Joy Chan

206-744-3626 joychan@uw.edu

Locations

Harborview Medical Center

Recruiting

Seattle, Washington, United States, 98104

Contacts

Joy Chan

206-744-3626 exerciserx@uw.edu

Principal Investigator:

Rachael Stovall, MD, MAS

University of Washington

Recruiting

Seattle, Washington, United States, 98195

Contacts

Joy Chan

206-744-3626 exerciserx@uw.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Washington

Last update posted

Jun 11, 2026

Last verified

Jun, 2026

Keywords

digital health
exercise
mobile app

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Washington on 2026-06-11.