Helping Employees Lose Pounds

NCT ID: NCT02853877

Last Updated: 2017-04-18

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

62 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-08-02

Study Completion Date

2017-04-07

Brief Summary

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This study will evaluate the effectiveness of financial incentives and messaging tailored to individual goals and aspirations to promote and sustain weight loss. This is a 2-arm randomized controlled trial that will recruit eligible employees at a large university to participate in a 3-month weight loss program, followed by a 3-month follow-up period. The primary outcome will be change in autonomous motivation for weight loss.

The study hypothesis is that intervention group participants will have a greater increase in autonomous motivation for weight loss than participants in the control group at 12 weeks.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Weight Loss

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Weekly Incentive

Participants in the Weekly Incentive arm will be asked to weigh in each week during a 12 week intervention period. They will receive tailored messages and have an opportunity to win a financial reward each week they meet their weight loss goal. Participants will be asked to complete a final weight measurement at week 24.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Weekly Incentive

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The tailored incentives intervention aims to assess the impact of tailored messaging and financial incentives on weight loss among obese employees.

Weekly Weigh-In

Participants in the Weekly Weigh-In arm will be asked to weigh in each week during a 12 week intervention period. Participants will be asked to complete a final weight measurement at week 24.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Weekly Incentive

The tailored incentives intervention aims to assess the impact of tailored messaging and financial incentives on weight loss among obese employees.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Interested in losing weight
* Body Mass Index between 30 and 40 kg/m2
* Have wireless internet at home
* Have Android or iOS smart device
* Willing to record themselves weighing in on a scale or let a family member record them weighing in on a scale

Exclusion Criteria

* Pregnant or lactating, or intending to become pregnant in the next 6 months
* Taking medication (other than metformin) for diabetes to control blood sugar
* Having a serious psychiatric diagnosis, unstable medical conditions or experienced a heart attack or stroke in the past 6 months
* Having a history of drug or alcohol abuse or addiction to prescription medications
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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University of Michigan

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jeffrey T. Kullgren

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Jeffrey T Kullgren, MD,MS,MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Michigan

Locations

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University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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HUM00107647

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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