Recruiting

Inhibitory Control

Sponsor:

George Mason University

Code:

NCT07592728

Conditions

Overweight and/or Obesity

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14 - 17

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Daily inhibitory control training

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to conduct a proof-of-concept intervention of daily inhibitory control (IC) training.

Aim 1 is to examine the feasibility, acceptability, and barriers of an IC training EMI in adolescents' daily life.

Aim 2 is to evaluate the efficacy of IC training for modifying the hypothesized intervention mechanism: food-related IC and eating regulation.

In the study, participants will:

Complete questionnaires and cognitive tasks Receive a short nutrition education Complete three weeks of daily brain games on your phone

Conditions

Overweight and/or Obesity

Study ID

NCT07592728

Start date

May 1, 2026

Status verified date

Jun, 2026

Completion date

Mar 10, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Feb 10, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 14 - 17

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • 14-17 years old
  • Have overweight or obesity (BMI-z≥85th percentile)
  • Have a smartphone
  • Can read and speak English
  • Interest in improving one's diet.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not currently in eating disorder or weight loss treatment or receiving pharmacological/surgical treatment for obesity in the past four weeks
  • Not meeting criteria for atypical anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa

Study Design

Enrollment

36 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Inhibitory control training

Interventions

Daily inhibitory control training

Children will first complete a short nutrition education then complete daily 10-minute inhibitroy control training each day for 10 minutes across 3 weeks

Primary outcome measure

  • Inhibitory control [ Time Frame: 1 month ]
  • Eating self-regulation [ Time Frame: 1 month ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Tyler Mason, PhD

703-993-1000tmason24@gmu.edu

Locations

George Mason University

Recruiting

Fairfax, Virginia, United States, 22030

More Information

Sponsor

George Mason University

Last update posted

Jun 17, 2026

Last verified

Jun, 2026

Keywords

  • obesity
  • adolescent
  • nutrition
  • eating behavior

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by George Mason University on 2026-06-17.