Status:
COMPLETED
Weight Loss Among Adults in Beijing, China
Lead Sponsor:
Duke University
Collaborating Sponsors:
The George Institute for Global Health, China
Conditions:
Obesity
Hypertension
Eligibility:
All Genders
35-55 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to test the effect of a mobile phone-assisted lifestyle intervention on weight loss at 6 months among overweight/obese Chinese adults, as compared to a control group.
Detailed Description
The rapid gains in China's economic development during the past two decades have been accompanied by similar gains in the population's waistline. Over 25% of Chinese adult females and more than a thir...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- BMI ≥ 24,
- age 30-55 years
- current use of a mobile phone
- interest in losing weight.
Exclusion
- Pregnancy or plans to become pregnant within 10 months of recruitment
- current lactation
- occurrence of a major cardiovascular disease (e.g., myocardial infarction or stroke in the past 6 months)
- other serious medical conditions that contraindicate weight loss (e.g., end-stage renal disease on dialysis, cancer diagnosis or treatment in past 2 years)
- blood pressure ≥ 160/100 mm Hg
- type 2 diabetes or controlled by lifestyle only
- use of medications known to increase body weight
- substance abuse; psychiatric illness, including major depression, which could interfere with study adherence
- prior or planned bariatric surgery
- use of weight loss medications or weight loss ≥ 5% of initial weight in past 6 months
- plans to relocate in next 10 months
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2011
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2014
Estimated Enrollment :
123 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01491906
Start Date
May 1 2011
End Date
June 1 2014
Last Update
July 29 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Peking University
Beijing, China