Recruiting

Peer CounselingPeer Counseling for Weight Loss

Sponsor:

Wayne State University

Code:

NCT00120029

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

weight loss counseling

Study Details

Brief summary:

The efficacy of peer counseling for weight loss maintenance is being tested in obese and overweight African American breast cancer survivors.

Conditions

Breast Cancer

Study ID

NCT00120029

Start date

Jan, 2004

Status verified date

Jun, 2008

Completion date

Jun, 2008

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Female

Age: 18 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

Overweight or obese
African American
Up to 7 years post breast cancer diagnosis
Able to keep food records
Have a telephone
Stable weight within 5 pounds last 2 months

Exclusion Criteria:

Breast cancer recurrence
History of other cancers
Uncontrolled congestive heart failure
Untreated hypertension
Disabling osteoarthritis
Abusing drugs or alcohol
Have psychiatric conditions that interfere with counseling

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Interventions

weight loss counseling

Primary outcome measure

weight loss [ Time Frame: undefined ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Donna Ford, BS

313-745-5774 dford@med.wayne.edu

Locations

Wayne State University

Recruiting

Detroit, Michigan, United States, 48201

Contacts

Donna Ford

313-745-5774 dford@med.wayne.edu

Principal Investigator:

Zora Djuric, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

Wayne State University

Last update posted

Sep 5, 2008

Last verified

Jun, 2008

Keywords

weight loss
survivorship
breast ductal lavage
exercise
diet

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Wayne State University on 2008-09-05.