An interventional study of Desk-based pedaling device and pedaling incentives provided in Physical Activity, sponsored by Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-10-19.
Sponsored by Milton S. Hershey Medical Center · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
Among 22 studies in Motor Activity by Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — none open to participants now, none under way, none of them phase 3. Motor Activity · Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
Among the 22 studies in Motor Activity by Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, this one is the 8th largest by enrollment of the 21 interventional ones that give a count, is one of 5 that started in 2017, is one of 19 with no phase, and was the 9th registered.
9,798 studies on the registry are indexed under Motor Activity; 1,910 are open to participants now.
Browse Motor Activity studies →None of the 22 studies in Motor Activity by Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is open now.
Of the 1,201 Motor Activity studies recruiting now, 517 (43%) set no upper age limit and 535 (45%) stop at 75 or younger; 180 take children under 18; 420 take healthy volunteers.
This study: 18 Years to 70 Years · all sexes · healthy volunteers too.
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22 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.
First in 2005; this study’s year is marked. 5 started in 2017.
This study's enrollment of 60 is close to the median of 60 across 8,388 interventional studies indexed under Motor Activity.
Median enrollment 32 across the 21 interventional studies, 1,158 across the 1 observational. Of the 20 that completed or were terminated, 3 (15%) have results posted.
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Milton S. Hershey Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 492 studies on the registry; 60 are open to participants now.
Of its 58 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 46 (79%) have results posted.
None of the studies under way reaches primary completion within a year.
Among the 22 studies in Motor Activity by Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, from their registry updates:
Nothing recorded among them since 2026-09-25.
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The purpose of this study is to: (a) evaluate if a desk-based elliptical device can help employees to increase their daily physical activity without compromising work productivity; and (b) evaluate the effects of different types of incentives for pedaling the desk-based elliptical device on employees' pedaling quantity over a one-month intervention period. The study will involve placing a compact elliptical device (provided at no cost by the research team) under employees' desk at Penn State Hershey Medical Center/College of Medicine. Data evaluating the effects of the elliptical device on work productivity will be obtained from both employees and the employees' supervisors.
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Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
BMI (body mass index)
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
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Will receive delayed monetary compensation with Amazon gift card, non performance-contingent.
Behavioral: Desk-based pedaling device and pedaling incentives provided
Will receive delayed compensation with food-based gift card, non performance-contingent.
Behavioral: Desk-based pedaling device and pedaling incentives provided
Will receive daily performance-contingent monetary compensation with Amazon gift card.
Behavioral: Desk-based pedaling device and pedaling incentives provided
Will receive daily performance-contingent food-based gift card.
Behavioral: Desk-based pedaling device and pedaling incentives provided
Will receive daily performance-contingent monetary compensation with Amazon gift card, with additional compensation contingent on pedaling activity of co-worker participant.
Behavioral: Desk-based pedaling device and pedaling incentives provided
Will receive daily performance-contingent monetary compensation with food gift card, with additional compensation contingent on pedaling activity of co-worker participant.
Behavioral: Desk-based pedaling device and pedaling incentives provided
Varying types of incentives, equivalent in monetary value, will be randomly assigned across the 6 arms to promote regular desk-based pedaling. A free desk-based pedaling device will be provided. Effects on amount of desk-based pedaling and work productivity will be evaluated.
Change in Worker Productivity
Self-report assessments of worker productivity. The assessments will ask about work productivity in the prior 4-week period.
Time frame: Baseline (1 month period prior to program start) and post-program (immediately after program ends)
Elliptical Device Pedaling Quantity
Objectively-measured pedaling quantity from elliptical device
Time frame: 1 month (4 weeks) during pedaling program
User satisfaction, process evaluations
Satisfaction with intervention condition
Time frame: Post-program (immediately after program ends)
General (non-desk pedaling) physical activity
Self-reported physical activity
Time frame: Baseline (1 month period prior to program start) and post-program (immediately after program ends)
Plan to share: No
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Ran from Oct 2017 to primary completion in Jun 2019, 19 months.
Of 5,147 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Motor Activity, half reached primary completion within 17 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 36. This study's 19 months is above that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 5,207 studies reached it within 17 months; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 36.
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