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Physical Activity Across the Curriculum for Physical Activity

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Led By Joseph Donnelly, PhD

Research Sponsored by University of Kansas Medical Center

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be younger than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up year 3

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will compare two ways of delivering short physical activity breaks in schools, led by either the regular classroom teacher or a remote instructor through a video.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ year 3

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~year 3

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and year 3 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) time during activity breaks

Secondary outcome measures

Body mass index (BMI)

Energy expenditure of activity breaks

MVPA time during the school day

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Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Group I: PAAC-TExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Physical Activity Across the Curriculum-Teacher (PAAC-T) will include protocol specific activity breaks delivered by the classroom teacher.

Group II: PAAC-RExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Physical Activity Across the Curriculum-Remote (PAAC-R) will include protocol specific activity breaks delivered remotely via a television in the classroom.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)NIH

2,357 Previous Clinical Trials

4,313,586 Total Patients Enrolled

University of Kansas Medical CenterLead Sponsor

461 Previous Clinical Trials

167,557 Total Patients Enrolled

Joseph Donnelly, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Kansas Medical Center

2 Previous Clinical Trials

190 Total Patients Enrolled

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are elderly individuals eligible to participate in this medical trial?

"According to the stated enrolment requirements, prospective participants must be between 7 and 10 years old."

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Is the recruitment process for this study still open?

"As detailed on clinicaltrials.gov, this medical research endeavour is presently searching for participants with the initial post date being March 1st 2018 and the most recent update occurring in September 2020."

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Who is eligible to join this clinical research study?

"Eligibility requirements include physical aptitude and an age range between 7 to 10 years old. The researchers are looking for 1600 participants in total."

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What is the aggregate amount of participants in this investigation?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov data reveals that this clinical investigation, initially posted on March 1st 2018 is currently recruiting participants; 1600 patients need to be enrolled from a single medical facility."

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Recent research and studies

Contemporary Clinical TrialsJournal

Physical Activity Across the Curriculum (PAAC3): Testing the Application of Technology Delivered Classroom Physical Activity Breaks

Szabo-Reed, Amanda N., Richard A. Washburn, J. Leon Greene, Lauren T. Ptomey, Anna Gorczyca, Robert H. Lee, Todd D. Little, Jaehoon Lee, Jeff Honas, and Joseph E. Donnelly. 2020. “Physical Activity Across the Curriculum (PAAC3): Testing the Application of Technology Delivered Classroom Physical Activity Breaks”. Contemporary Clinical Trials. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.cct.2020.105952.

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Physical Activity Across the Curriculum (PAAC 3):Teacher vs. Remotely Delivered Classroom Physical Activity Breaks

2018. "Physical Activity Across the Curriculum (PAAC 3):Teacher vs. Remotely Delivered Classroom Physical Activity Breaks". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03493139.