Status:
COMPLETED
Testing Strategies for Weight Loss, II
Lead Sponsor:
University of Pennsylvania
Collaborating Sponsors:
William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Conditions:
Obesity
Eligibility:
All Genders
30-70 years
Phase:
PHASE1
PHASE2
Brief Summary
In the pilot study, Testing Strategies for Weight Loss, we tested two different approaches using financial incentives to encourage weight loss. In the first, we built on previous work showing the effe...
Detailed Description
The proposed study, a 3-arm randomized control trial (RCT), would be tested with 66 patients at Philadelphia VA with BMIs between 30 and 40. Participants in the control group would receive usual care ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- BMI between 30-40;
- Age between 30-70;
- At least moderately interested in losing weight (Self-reported 3,4, or 5 on 5 point scale)
Exclusion
- Unstable medical conditions that would likely prevent the subject from completing the study;
- Myocardial infarction within 6 months;
- Uncontrolled hypertension, defined as BP\>170 mm Hg systolic or BP\>110 mm Hg diastolic;
- Diabetic using any medicine besides metformin to control blood sugars
- Metastatic cancer;
- Self-report of 6 or more alcoholic beverages per day;
- Severe depression;
- Active substance abuse;
- Schizophrenia
- Inability to read or severe cognitive deficits that would preclude ability to read consent form or fill out surveys).
- Participation in another research study unless copy of consent form obtained and screened for possible confounding of results.
- Those currently enrolled in a weight loss program elsewhere.
- Pregnant women
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
66 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00739492
Start Date
June 1 2008
End Date
January 1 2010
Last Update
December 6 2016
Active Locations (1)
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Philadelphia Veterans Administration Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104