Trial Outcomes & Findings for FitLink: Improving Weight Loss Maintenance by Using Digital Data to Provide Support and Accountability (NCT NCT03337139)

NCT ID: NCT03337139

Last Updated: 2021-01-05

Results Overview

Objectively measured in the research clinic at each time point on a scale. Reported as weight change in kg, where negative numbers reflect weight loss and positive numbers reflect weight gain.

Recruitment status

COMPLETED

Study phase

NA

Target enrollment

87 participants

Primary outcome timeframe

0, 13, 26, 52 weeks

Results posted on

2021-01-05

Participant Flow

Participant milestones

Participant milestones
Measure
Lifestyle Modification
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on self-report. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Standard Remote Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by participant self-report. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Lifestyle Modification + Share
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on digital data shared with clinicians. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Digital Data Sharing Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by the digital data that has been shared with the coach from physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Phase I
STARTED
87
0
Phase I
COMPLETED
77
0
Phase I
NOT COMPLETED
10
0
Phase II
STARTED
38
39
Phase II
26 Week Assessment
34
37
Phase II
COMPLETED
33
36
Phase II
NOT COMPLETED
5
3

Reasons for withdrawal

Reasons for withdrawal
Measure
Lifestyle Modification
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on self-report. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Standard Remote Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by participant self-report. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Lifestyle Modification + Share
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on digital data shared with clinicians. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Digital Data Sharing Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by the digital data that has been shared with the coach from physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Phase I
Withdrawal by Subject
10
0

Baseline Characteristics

FitLink: Improving Weight Loss Maintenance by Using Digital Data to Provide Support and Accountability

Baseline characteristics by cohort

Baseline characteristics by cohort
Measure
Lifestyle Modification
n=38 Participants
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on self-report. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Standard Remote Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by participant self-report. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Lifestyle Modification + Share
n=39 Participants
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on digital data shared with clinicians. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Digital Data Sharing Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by the digital data that has been shared with the coach from physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Total
n=77 Participants
Total of all reporting groups
Age, Continuous
51.71 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.33 • n=5 Participants
49.84 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.56 • n=7 Participants
50.77 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.39 • n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
30 Participants
n=5 Participants
32 Participants
n=7 Participants
62 Participants
n=5 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
8 Participants
n=5 Participants
7 Participants
n=7 Participants
15 Participants
n=5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
2 Participants
n=5 Participants
1 Participants
n=7 Participants
3 Participants
n=5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
36 Participants
n=5 Participants
38 Participants
n=7 Participants
74 Participants
n=5 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
1 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
2 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
2 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
13 Participants
n=5 Participants
15 Participants
n=7 Participants
28 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
19 Participants
n=5 Participants
22 Participants
n=7 Participants
41 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
3 Participants
n=5 Participants
2 Participants
n=7 Participants
5 Participants
n=5 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
0 Participants
n=7 Participants
0 Participants
n=5 Participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
38 participants
n=5 Participants
39 participants
n=7 Participants
77 participants
n=5 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 0, 13, 26, 52 weeks

Objectively measured in the research clinic at each time point on a scale. Reported as weight change in kg, where negative numbers reflect weight loss and positive numbers reflect weight gain.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Lifestyle Modification
n=38 Participants
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on self-report. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Standard Remote Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by participant self-report. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Lifestyle Modification + Share
n=39 Participants
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on digital data shared with clinicians. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Digital Data Sharing Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by the digital data that has been shared with the coach from physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Change in Body Weight
13 weeks
-5.78 kg
Standard Deviation 4.79
-5.80 kg
Standard Deviation 4.01
Change in Body Weight
26 weeks
-1.76 kg
Standard Deviation 2.81
-1.54 kg
Standard Deviation 2.83
Change in Body Weight
52 weeks
1.98 kg
Standard Deviation 3.22
0.06 kg
Standard Deviation 4.16

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 13, 52 weeks

Objectively measured using wGT3X-BT accelerometers from Actigraph. Minutes/week of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA).

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Lifestyle Modification
n=38 Participants
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on self-report. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Standard Remote Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by participant self-report. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Lifestyle Modification + Share
n=39 Participants
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on digital data shared with clinicians. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Digital Data Sharing Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by the digital data that has been shared with the coach from physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Change in Physical Activity
13 weeks
173.62 min per week of bouted MVPA
Standard Deviation 137.16
125.86 min per week of bouted MVPA
Standard Deviation 134.16
Change in Physical Activity
52 weeks
94.15 min per week of bouted MVPA
Standard Deviation 99.39
101.68 min per week of bouted MVPA
Standard Deviation 98.16

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 26, 52 weeks

Feasibility and acceptability metric of retention.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Lifestyle Modification
n=38 Participants
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on self-report. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Standard Remote Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by participant self-report. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Lifestyle Modification + Share
n=39 Participants
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on digital data shared with clinicians. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Digital Data Sharing Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by the digital data that has been shared with the coach from physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Number of Participants Retained
26 weeks
34 Participants
37 Participants
Number of Participants Retained
52 weeks
33 Participants
36 Participants

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 52 weeks

Feasibility and acceptability metric of completed treatment contacts (phone calls and text messages).

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Lifestyle Modification
n=38 Participants
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on self-report. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Standard Remote Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by participant self-report. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Lifestyle Modification + Share
n=39 Participants
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on digital data shared with clinicians. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Digital Data Sharing Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by the digital data that has been shared with the coach from physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Number of Completed Treatment Contacts
Phone Calls
7.37 number completed
Standard Deviation 1.55
7.20 number completed
Standard Deviation 1.79
Number of Completed Treatment Contacts
Text Messages
30.50 number completed
Standard Deviation 3.85
29.67 number completed
Standard Deviation 5.94

PRIMARY outcome

Timeframe: 52 weeks

Feasibility and acceptability metric of scores on the TAQ. Items on the TAQ consisted of 11 questions on a 7 point Likert scale asking about helpfulness and acceptability of treatment components. Items are summed to yield a total score that can range from 11-77 with higher numbers indicated higher acceptability.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Lifestyle Modification
n=38 Participants
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on self-report. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Standard Remote Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by participant self-report. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Lifestyle Modification + Share
n=39 Participants
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on digital data shared with clinicians. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Digital Data Sharing Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by the digital data that has been shared with the coach from physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Treatment Acceptability Questionnaire (TAQ)
65.62 score
Standard Deviation 8.43
65.95 score
Standard Deviation 7.76

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 13-52 weeks

Use of digital devices; percent of days during which weight, food, and steps were counted in Phase II. Percent calculated for each group (LM vs. LM+Share) and not for individual participants. We determined percent to be the metric that would be most easily interpreted and it accounted for any possible variability in total number of days of observations.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Lifestyle Modification
n=38 Participants
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on self-report. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Standard Remote Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by participant self-report. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Lifestyle Modification + Share
n=39 Participants
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on digital data shared with clinicians. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Digital Data Sharing Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by the digital data that has been shared with the coach from physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Self-monitoring Engagement
Weight
43 percent days self-monitoring occurred
58 percent days self-monitoring occurred
Self-monitoring Engagement
Eating
41 percent days self-monitoring occurred
67 percent days self-monitoring occurred
Self-monitoring Engagement
Physical Activity
79 percent days self-monitoring occurred
80 percent days self-monitoring occurred

SECONDARY outcome

Timeframe: 52 weeks

Change in "Perceptions of Accountability" subscale of the Supportive Accountability Scale. The measure used was a 10-item scale on which participants rated the extent to which they agreed with statements on a 7-point likert scale. A total score was generated by summing scores from individual items. Total scores ranged from 10-70 with higher scorings indicating higher perceived accountability. The outcome measure reported here is the change in total score on this measure (decrease) across Phase II where a negative score reflects a decrease in perceived accountability.

Outcome measures

Outcome measures
Measure
Lifestyle Modification
n=38 Participants
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on self-report. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Standard Remote Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by participant self-report. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Lifestyle Modification + Share
n=39 Participants
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on digital data shared with clinicians. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Digital Data Sharing Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by the digital data that has been shared with the coach from physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Perceived Accountability
8.28 unit change
Standard Deviation 15.25
6.88 unit change
Standard Deviation 16.05

Adverse Events

Lifestyle Modification

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 0 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Lifestyle Modification + Share

Serious events: 0 serious events
Other events: 3 other events
Deaths: 0 deaths

Serious adverse events

Adverse event data not reported

Other adverse events

Other adverse events
Measure
Lifestyle Modification
n=38 participants at risk
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on self-report. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Standard Remote Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by participant self-report. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Lifestyle Modification + Share
n=39 participants at risk
Three months of standard, group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss and nine months of remote individual behavioral treatment based on digital data shared with clinicians. Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices. Digital Data Sharing Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss: Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by the digital data that has been shared with the coach from physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Gastrointestinal disorders
Gallstones
0.00%
0/38 • 52 weeks (entire study period)
2.6%
1/39 • Number of events 1 • 52 weeks (entire study period)
Vascular disorders
Lightheadedness
0.00%
0/38 • 52 weeks (entire study period)
2.6%
1/39 • Number of events 1 • 52 weeks (entire study period)
Renal and urinary disorders
Kidney Stone
0.00%
0/38 • 52 weeks (entire study period)
2.6%
1/39 • Number of events 1 • 52 weeks (entire study period)

Additional Information

Dr. Meghan Butryn

Drexel University

Phone: 215-553-7108

Results disclosure agreements

  • Principal investigator is a sponsor employee
  • Publication restrictions are in place