Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

The Miriam Hospital

Code:

NCT01578512

Conditions

Obesity

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 25

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Face-to-Face

Web-based

Single session

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to determine the best format for delivering a brief behavioral weight loss intervention to young adults 18-25 years of age.

Conditions

Obesity

Study ID

NCT01578512

Start date

Feb, 2012

Status verified date

Mar, 2012

Completion date

Nov, 2012

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Aug, 2012

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 25

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 18-25 years old
  • body mass index 25-45
  • willing to be randomly assigned to any of the 3 arms
  • available during the time frame of the study
  • willing to complete assessment visits at 0, 2, 4 and 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Age or BMI outside of eligible range
  • Medical condition that would interfere with weight loss or make unsupervised physical activity unsafe
  • Pregnant or nursing within 6 months
  • recent weight loss >10% of body weight
  • History of eating disorder
  • Substance abuse or dependence

Study Design

Enrollment

45 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Face-to-Face

8 sessions of weekly group behavioral weight loss treatment

experimental: Web-based

Participants receive one group face-to-face session followed by 7 web-based lessons, reporting of key behaviors, and feedback on progress.

active comparator: Single Session

Single session behavioral weight loss

Interventions

Face-to-Face

Face-to-Face behavioral weight loss

Web-based

Web-based behavioral weight loss

Single session

The core of behavioral weight loss, including calorie and activity prescriptions, are delivered in a single group treatment session.

Primary outcome measure

  • Weight [ Time Frame: 2 months (post-treatment) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Jessica LaRose, PhD

401-793-8283jessica_gokee_larose@brown.edu

Locations

Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, the Miriam Hospital

Recruiting

Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903

Contacts

Jessica LaRose, PhD

401-793-8283

Principal Investigator:

Jessica G LaRose, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

The Miriam Hospital

Last update posted

Apr 17, 2012

Last verified

Mar, 2012

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by The Miriam Hospital on 2012-04-17.