NCT00000551

Brief Summary

To develop and evaluate the effectiveness of various intervention approaches, delivered in primary health-care settings, in increasing and maintaining habitual physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness among sedentary men and women patients.

Trial Health

100
On Track

Trial Health Score

Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach

Timeline
Completed

Started Sep 1994

Longer than P75 for phase_3 cardiovascular-diseases

Status
completed

Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.

Trial Relationships

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Study Timeline

Key milestones and dates

Study Start

First participant enrolled

September 1, 1994

Completed
5.2 years until next milestone

First Submitted

Initial submission to the registry

October 27, 1999

Completed
1 day until next milestone

First Posted

Study publicly available on registry

October 28, 1999

Completed
2.8 years until next milestone

Study Completion

Last participant's last visit for all outcomes

September 1, 2002

Completed
Last Updated

March 25, 2016

Status Verified

August 1, 2007

First QC Date

October 27, 1999

Last Update Submit

March 24, 2016

Conditions

Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart Diseases

Interventions

health educationBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Age35 Years - 75 Years
Sexall
Healthy VolunteersNo
Age GroupsAdult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
Sedentary men and women, free of coronary heart disease, who were patients in primary care settings.

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Sponsors & Collaborators

Related Publications (10)

  • King AC, Sallis JF, Dunn AL, Simons-Morton DG, Albright CA, Cohen S, Rejeski WJ, Marcus BH, Coday MC. Overview of the Activity Counseling Trial (ACT) intervention for promoting physical activity in primary health care settings. Activity Counseling Trial Research Group. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1998 Jul;30(7):1086-96. doi: 10.1097/00005768-199807000-00011.

    PMID: 9662678BACKGROUND

  • Simons-Morton DG. The context of the Activity Counseling Trial. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1998 Jul;30(7):1084-5. doi: 10.1097/00005768-199807000-00010. No abstract available.

    PMID: 9662677BACKGROUND

  • Blair SN, Applegate WB, Dunn AL, Ettinger WH, Haskell WL, King AC, Morgan TM, Shih JA, Simons-Morton DG. Activity Counseling Trial (ACT): rationale, design, and methods. Activity Counseling Trial Research Group. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1998 Jul;30(7):1097-106. doi: 10.1097/00005768-199807000-00012.

    PMID: 9662679BACKGROUND

  • Margitic S, Sevick MA, Miller M, Albright C, Banton J, Callahan K, Garcia M, Gibbons L, Levine BJ, Anderson R, Ettinger W. Challenges faced in recruiting patients from primary care practices into a physical activity intervention trial. Activity Counseling Trial Research Group. Prev Med. 1999 Oct;29(4):277-86. doi: 10.1006/pmed.1999.0543.

    PMID: 10547053BACKGROUND

  • Havlik RJ, Brock D, Lohman K, Haskell W, Snell P, O'Toole M, Ribisl P, Vaitkevicius P, Spurgeon HA, Lakatta EG, Pullen P. High-density lipoprotein cholesterol and vascular stiffness at baseline in the activity counseling trial. Am J Cardiol. 2001 Jan 1;87(1):104-7, A9. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01282-0.

    PMID: 11137844BACKGROUND

  • Albright CL, Cohen S, Gibbons L, Miller S, Marcus B, Sallis J, Imai K, Jernick J, Simons-Morton DG. Incorporating physical activity advice into primary care: physician-delivered advice within the activity counseling trial. Am J Prev Med. 2000 Apr;18(3):225-34. doi: 10.1016/s0749-3797(99)00155-5.

    PMID: 10722989BACKGROUND

  • Simons-Morton DG, Hogan P, Dunn AL, Pruitt L, King AC, Levine BD, Miller ST. Characteristics of inactive primary care patients: baseline data from the activity counseling trial. For the Activity Counseling Trial Research Group. Prev Med. 2000 Nov;31(5):513-21. doi: 10.1006/pmed.2000.0733.

    PMID: 11071831BACKGROUND

  • Wee CC. Physical activity counseling in primary care: the challenge of effecting behavioral change. JAMA. 2001 Aug 8;286(6):717-9. doi: 10.1001/jama.286.6.717. No abstract available.

    PMID: 11495623BACKGROUND

  • Havlik RJ, Phillips CL, Brock DB, Lohman K, Haskell W, Snell P, O'Toole M, Ribisl P, Vaitkevicius P, Spurgeon HA, Lakatta EG, Pullen P. Walking may be related to less vascular stiffness in the Activity Counseling Trial (ACT). Am Heart J. 2005 Aug;150(2):270-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2004.09.006.

    PMID: 16086929BACKGROUND

  • Writing Group for the Activity Counseling Trial Research Group. Effects of physical activity counseling in primary care: the Activity Counseling Trial: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2001 Aug 8;286(6):677-87. doi: 10.1001/jama.286.6.677.

    PMID: 11495617BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Cardiovascular DiseasesHeart Diseases

Study Officials

  • Timothy Morgan

    Bowman Gray School of Medicine

Study Design

Study Type
interventional
Phase
phase 3
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Sponsor Type
NIH

Study Record Dates

First Submitted

October 27, 1999

First Posted

October 28, 1999

Study Start

September 1, 1994

Study Completion

September 1, 2002

Last Updated

March 25, 2016

Record last verified: 2007-08