Reducing Pediatric Obesity Through After-school Programs

NCT ID: NCT01156103

Last Updated: 2015-05-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 158 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2009-08-31
• Study Completion Date: 2010-12-31

Brief Summary

This study will assess the impact of a national, community-based after-school program promoting physical activity (America SCORES) on obesity, fitness and important cardiovascular risk factors among minority children. The investigators central hypothesis is that established community-based programs, such as America SCORES, can reduce obesity and cardiovascular risk among participants. The 1-year study followed 158 children from 6 public schools, 3 of which were randomized to have SCORES and 3 to "usual care" after-school program. Primary outcomes are change in body mass index (BMI), physical activity (measured by accelerometer), and fitness (aerobic capacity assessed with the 20-meter shuttle test). Cardiovascular outcomes include blood pressure, body composition (assessed using bioelectrical impedance) and waist circumference. The investigators will also measure academic outcomes.

Detailed Description

Baseline measures were collected in September 2009; midpoint measures were collected in January 2010; and final measures were collected in May 2010. Repeated measures analyses will compare trajectories for BMI, physical activity, and fitness between students in the SCORES and the usual care arms.

Conditions

Obesity

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

SCORES

America SCORES, Bay Area, after-school program

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

America SCORES, Bay Area

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

After-school program promoting physical activity via soccer 3 days/week

Usual care

Standard after-school programming

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

America SCORES, Bay Area

After-school program promoting physical activity via soccer 3 days/week

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 3rd-5th grade student enrolled in after-school program in San Francisco Unified School District

Exclusion Criteria

• Uncontrolled asthma
• Unable to participate in moderate physical activity

• Minimum Eligible Age: 8 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 12 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

San Francisco Unified School District

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

America SCORES, Bay Area

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of California, San Francisco

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Kristine A Madsen, MD, MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of California, San Francisco

References

Madsen K, Thompson H, Adkins A, Crawford Y. School-community partnerships: a cluster-randomized trial of an after-school soccer program. JAMA Pediatr. 2013 Apr;167(4):321-6. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.1071.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 23440308 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

1K23HD054470-01A1

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

H48814-32411-0

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id