Physical Activity and Academic Achievement Across the Curriculum (A+PAAC)

Obesity Clinical Trial

— A+PAAC  

Official title:

Physical Activity and Academic Achievement Across the Curriculum (A+PAAC)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01699295
• Other study ID #: 13460
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 1, 2012
• Last updated: January 9, 2016
• Start date: September 2011
• Est. completion date: June 2015

Study information

• Verified date: January 2016
• Source: University of Kansas Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Food and Drug AdministrationUnited States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

There is currently considerable interest in both improving academic achievement (No Child Left Behind) and reducing the rates of obesity and its associated negative health consequences in elementary school students. Increased physical activity (PA) offers a potential intervention to address both issues. Evidence is available which suggests an association of PA with both academic achievement and obesity, and an association between obesity and academic achievement.

To provide increased PA while maintaining academic instruction time, we developed a program we call "Physical Activity Across the Curriculum" (PAAC) in which regular classroom teachers were trained to deliver academic lessons using moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for 20 minutes/d, 5 days/wk. This study is looking to compare academic achievement between students in elementary schools that participate in academic lessons taught through MVPA (PAAC) to students that do not (CON).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 584
• Est. completion date: June 2015
• Est. primary completion date: June 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 7 Years to 10 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Grade 2 or 3 Student at one of the randomly selected elementary schools

• Students that agree to complete assessments

• Signed parental consent form

• Signed child assent form

Exclusion Criteria:

• Students that do not agree to complete assessments

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Health Services Research

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Intelligence
• Obesity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• A+PAAC
academic lessons delivered by regular classroom teachers using moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for 20 minutes/day, 5 days/week.
• CON
lessons taught by regular classroom teachers using traditional/regular sedentary lessons

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Kansas Medical Center	Kansas City	Kansas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Joseph Donnelly

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Changes in Academic Achievement in Elementary Students	Changes in academic achievement between students in elementary schools that participate in a program that delivers academic lessons taught through MVPA (A+PAAC) to students in elementary schools that do not receive academic lessons taught through MVPA (CON)	Baseline to 3 Years	No
Secondary	Assessment of Cognitive Function	Changes in attentional control and academic achievement	Baseline to 3 Years	No
Secondary	Body Mass Index (BMI)	Change in the BMI over course of the study.	Baseline to 3 Years	No
Secondary	Cardiovascular (CV) Fitness and Daily Physical Activity (PA)	Changes in CV Fitness and PA and its impact on cognitive control of attention and academic achievement	Baseline to 3 Years	No
Secondary	Change in Attention-to-Task		Baseline to 3 Years	No