Clinical trialNCT01730703CompletedObservational

Why Join a Walking Program?

SponsorUniversity of PennsylvaniaEnrollment132Older Adults

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Summary

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The purpose of this interview study is to learn why adults would join a walking program. This study involves interviews with persons who are 65 years of age or older. The interview takes approximately 25 minutes. A total of 132 people will be enrolled. This study will examine the utility or value of various potential features of an incentive-based walking program. These data will enable us to monitor and improve upon enrollment of incentive-based walking programs.

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Investigators

The overall officials registered on this study. Names that resolve to a FindMyKOL profile link to it; the rest are shown as registered.

Jason Karlawish, MD
University of Pennsylvania
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 28 Feb 2013
Primary completion: 30 Apr 2013
Completion: 30 Apr 2013
Last update posted: 11 Apr 2017
Registered enrollment: 132
Registry id: NCT01730703

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 4 Nov 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; FindMyKOL does not interpret them.