A Test of Nutritional Interventions to Enhance Weight Loss Maintenance

NCT ID: NCT01065974

Last Updated: 2017-10-09

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

262 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-10-31

Study Completion Date

2016-04-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to compare standard Behavior Therapy (BT), BT plus Meal Replacements (MR) and a condition focusing on the nutritional changes to the home food environment (HFE) on weight loss, weight loss maintenance, nutritional composition of the diet and psychosocial outcomes. A second aim is to determine the degree to which the specific targets of the experimental interventions do in fact change in the anticipated direction during the intervention and to evaluate whether such changes might account for improvements in weight loss maintenance. This study is important because it could provide the first evidence that the current standard of care for obesity lifestyle treatment could be improved by the addition of MRs or a program of comprehensive nutritional change.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Overweight Obesity Weight Loss Maintenance

Keywords

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Nutritional Intake Psychosocial Outcome

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Behavior Therapy

Behavioral treatment strategies will be utilized to facilitate adherence to the treatment goals in all three treatments. Participants in the BT condition will receive only the BT intervention. Strategies that will be emphasized are listed below:

* Self monitoring
* Stimulus control
* Changing eating behaviors
* Goal setting
* Problem solving
* Social support
* Cognitive restructuring
* Relapse prevention

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Behavior Therapy

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Weight loss using CBT and continued CBT during weight loss maintenance.

Behavior Therapy + Meal Replacements

The BT +MR condition will implement behavioral treatment strategies in a way that is nearly identical to that of the BT condition. However, participants in this condition also will use MRs during weight loss and weight loss maintenance.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Meal Replacements

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Weight loss using CBT and meal replacements.

Nutritrol

Participants in this condition will be informed about the evidence indicating that the availability, structure and composition of foods they encounter or seek out in their daily lives will play a major role in determining their ability to maintain the weight they lose. We will present the treatment as an opportunity to make numerous changes to their "personal food environment" involving the variety, energy density, nutritional composition, and portion size of the foods they encounter in every day life.

The Nutritrol condition is comprised of several components:

* Food structure
* Energy density
* Reduce variety of foods high in energy density and increase variety of foods low in energy density
* Protein intake
* Controlling the personal food environment
* Individualized weight loss maintenance prescriptions

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Nutritrol

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

To make widespread nutritional changes to participants personal food environments.

Interventions

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Behavior Therapy

Weight loss using CBT and continued CBT during weight loss maintenance.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Meal Replacements

Weight loss using CBT and meal replacements.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Nutritrol

To make widespread nutritional changes to participants personal food environments.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Male and female participants between the ages of 18 and 65
* body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) between 27-45
* able to travel regularly to the study location
* interested in participating in a weight loss program.

Exclusion Criteria

* currently enrolled in another organized weight loss program
* lactose intolerance
* taking medications that affect appetite (unless dosage had been stable for at least the previous six months)
* history of gastric bypass or other surgical weight loss procedures
* medical conditions (e.g., cancer, substance abuse, psychotic disorders) that could limit their ability to comply with the behavioral recommendations or pose a risk to the participant during weight loss
* pregnancy or planning to become pregnant during the next two years -
* breastfeeding
* consuming an amount of alcohol that could interfere with study completion
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Pennsylvania

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Drexel University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Michael Lowe

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Michael R Lowe, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Drexel University

Locations

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Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Lowe MR, Butryn ML, Zhang F. Evaluation of meal replacements and a home food environment intervention for long-term weight loss: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2018 Jan 1;107(1):12-19. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqx005.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29381791 (View on PubMed)

Feig EH, Lowe MR. Variability in Weight Change Early in Behavioral Weight Loss Treatment: Theoretical and Clinical Implications. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2017 Sep;25(9):1509-1515. doi: 10.1002/oby.21925.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28845608 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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5R01DK080909

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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5R01DK80909-2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id