Evaluation of Video On-Demand Programming to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in Adults
NCT ID: NCT01768546
Last Updated: 2014-12-19
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
306 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2012-02-29
2014-09-30
Brief Summary
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After the findings of the Diabetes Prevention Program were released in 2002, the high cost of the lifestyle program prevented it from becoming widely adopted throughout the U.S.
The UnitedHealth Center for Health Reform and Modernization (CHRM) will evaluate the use and effectiveness of a scalable approach for providing lifestyle-based diabetes prevention intervention through Comcast's XFINITY Video-On-Demand (VOD) programming, with additional non-compulsory support from SparkPeopleTM (Cincinnati, Ohio), an interactive tracking and problem solving web portal. By design, this effort will engage adult television viewers and offer them education and resources to support their efforts to achieve levels of weight loss and physical activity which have previously shown to prevent the development of type 2 diabetes. Specifically, we aim to evaluate:
1. Viewing patterns and characteristics of consumers accessing a prevention program via VOD
2. Effectiveness in terms of weight loss achieved
3. Consumers' ratings of overall content
Detailed Description
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Project NOT ME leverages a proven model that drives earlier identification, improved individual compliance, better health outcomes, and lower costs for the consumer, the payer and plan sponsors. More specifically, Project NOT ME provides a solution by offering pre-diabetic participants access to a virtual program that includes a reality TV show, an electronic scale and trackers. Project NOT ME is an evidence-based intervention that follows the National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP). It is designed to enact lifestyle changes that result in a safe reduction in weight, and a reduction in conversion to full blown type-2 diabetes.
Project NOT ME is divided in two parts --
1. Program: For the first 20 weeks, participants work to become more aware of the food they eat, and the amount of exercise they are getting. The Video on Demand episodes educate participants on strategies that are proven to help them make better food choices, and find time in their lives to be more active. During the core program, participants will:
* Weigh themselves every week using a program-provided electronic scale that automatically records their weight and sends to the study team
* Log all the food they eat and all the exercise they are getting in a tracker
* Watch 16 episodes of a captivating reality based TV show that highlights 6 adults participating in the Diabetes Prevention Program.
* Review weekly online episode summaries.
2. Maintenance Sessions: For the next 32 weeks, participants will practice what they learned in the Core Sessions, continue to track food and exercise, and have access to the television episodes.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Video on Demand (VOD)
Virtual Diabetes Prevention Program: All participants will view the 16 Comcast on Demand episodes, weigh themselves, and track their progress weekly. Participants in the VOD arm of the study received access to a paper tracker to track food and activity during the program.
Virtual Diabetes Prevention Program
Participants will view 16 Video On Demand reality based TV episodes that follow 6 adults with pre-diabetes actively participating in a DPP lifestyle intervention.
Video on Demand Plus (VOD+)
Virtual Diabetes Prevention Program: All participants will view the 16 Comcast on Demand episodes, weigh themselves, and track their progress weekly. Participants in the VOD+ arm of the trial received access an interactive tracking and problem solving web portal offered by SparkPeople™ (Cincinnati, Ohio).
Virtual Diabetes Prevention Program
Participants will view 16 Video On Demand reality based TV episodes that follow 6 adults with pre-diabetes actively participating in a DPP lifestyle intervention.
Interactive tracking and problem solving web portal
Interventions
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Virtual Diabetes Prevention Program
Participants will view 16 Video On Demand reality based TV episodes that follow 6 adults with pre-diabetes actively participating in a DPP lifestyle intervention.
Interactive tracking and problem solving web portal
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Told by a doctor, nurse or other healthcare provider that he/she has high blood pressure or is receiving prescription medication to treat high blood pressure
* Told by a doctor, nurse or other healthcare provider that he/she has abnormal blood cholesterol or is receiving prescription medication to treat blood cholesterol
* Has a first-degree blood relative (mother, father, brother or sister) who has or had type 2 diabetes
* Is a woman with a personal history of gestational diabetes (diabetes of pregnancy only)
Exclusion Criteria
* Considering bariatric surgery ("stomach stapling" or gastric bypass) in the next 6 months
* Told by a doctor or nurse that they have diabetes (except diabetes of pregnancy alone) or is receiving any form of treatment for diabetes
* Has poorly controlled high blood pressure, typically more than 180/105, that has not been discussed with a healthcare provider
* Is a woman who is currently pregnant or actively planning pregnancy in the next 6 months
* Has chest pain, dizziness, or severe shortness of breath or bodily weakness with even moderate levels of physical exertion such as brisk walking
* Has been told by a doctor or nurse not to increase his/her current level of physical activity or not to attempt weight loss
* Has any other condition, such as advanced heart or lung disease, severe painful arthritis, or another disability that significantly limits physical activities such as brisk walking
* Has any other condition, such as malnutrition or unexplained weight loss in which attempts to lose additional body weight could be unsafe
18 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Comcast Corporation
UNKNOWN
Dr. Ron Ackermann
UNKNOWN
UnitedHealth Group
INDUSTRY
Responsible Party
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Dr. Deneen Vojta
Dr. Deneen Vojta Vice President of Center for Health Reform and Modernization
Principal Investigators
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Deneen Vojta, MD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
UnitedHealth Group
Other Identifiers
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Project NOT ME 11-351
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id