NCT05319821

Increasing Physical Activity in Rural Pennsylvanians: PCP Participants

Active, enrolled NA Last updated 9 March 2026

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Receive ECHO training in Behavior in 48 participants. Participants enrolled and being followed up; not accepting new ones.

Timeline

21 September 2022

Primary endpoint
1 January 2028

1 February 2028

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Pittsburgh
Phase	NA
Status	Active, enrolled
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	none
Primary purpose	other
Enrollment	48
Start date	21 September 2022
Primary completion	1 January 2028
Estimated completion	1 February 2028
Sites	2 locations across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Receive ECHO training
• Offered ECHO training in year 5

Conditions studied

• Behavior — all drugs for Behavior →
• Physical Activity — all drugs for Physical Activity →

Sponsor

University of Pittsburgh

Who can join

Eligibility, any sex, with Behavior or Physical Activity. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

What's being measured

Primary outcomes are the specific endpoints the trial is designed to prove or disprove.

• Likelihood of patient referral
  Time frame: Through study completion, an average of 5 years
  Percentage of participating primary care providers referring their patients to a community-level, telephone-based physical activity counseling service assessed through the EMR of their participating patients

Sponsor's own description

The purpose of this voluntary research study is to determine the impact of an ECHO intervention on the likelihood that rural primary care providers (PCP) will refer their physically inactive patients to be more active.

Publications & conference data

1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Increasing physical activity in rural Pennsylvanians: The PA moves trial study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial.
   West SM, Meyer MRU, Patterson C, Ruffin MT, et al · · 2026 · PMID 42134685 · DOI 10.1016/j.cct.2026.108348