Noom Health for Weight Management

NCT ID: NCT04797169

Last Updated: 2025-08-11

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

600 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-03-22

Study Completion Date

2024-05-04

Brief Summary

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The goals of the study are to use the Noom mobile app to help individuals with weight loss and weight loss maintenance. This project will test the comparative efficacy of Noom Health vs. Noom Digital Health for weight loss, quality of life, psychosocial functioning, and self-reported health status. It is expected that use of Noom Health will show post-intervention success relative to Noom Digital Health as well as long-term success with weight loss maintenance. Data is expected to show that participants who are older, have less support, have more health conditions, and with more psychosocial problems will benefit more from Noom Health. It is also expected that confidence in the ability to lose weight will produce more successful results in Noom Health vs. Noom Digital Health.

Detailed Description

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A total of 600 subjects will be enrolled in a randomized-controlled trial comparing the Noom app (Noom Health) to a digital control (Noom Digital Health) with 6 months of intervention and 6 months active maintenance in both groups. Measures will include demographics, psychosocial measures, height/weight, waist circumference, weight loss history/practices, health care practices/utilization, and quality of life.

Participants will complete informed consent and interviews via a HIPAA-compliant videoconference (Zoom) and other questionnaires via a REDCap interface. All participants will complete screening/baseline procedures to determine eligibility and initial information. Subsequently, they will be randomized to one of the groups for a 6-month intervention and 6- month maintenance period (12 months total).

In Noom Health, participants will be encouraged to use the app multiple times per day to log eating episodes, physical activity and weight. Coaches will also interact with participants directly through the app. In Noom Digital Health, participants will use a simplified version to log eating episodes and weight. Both conditions will receive the same weight loss advice content.

During the intervention, participants will complete monthly satisfaction surveys. Additionally, follow-up measures will be conducted at 7 time points (Screening/Baseline, 1 month, 4 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, and 30 months).

Conditions

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Weight Loss Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Participants will be randomized to one of two conditions in a parallel design including a 12-month intervention. Participants will be openly-enrolled over the course of 12-months until the recruitment goal of 600, 300 in each group, is reached.
Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Noom Health

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Noom Health

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

In Noom Health, participants will be encouraged to use the Noom app multiple times a day to log eating episodes, physical activity and weight. They will also have the ability to interact with coaches to receive advice and feedback specific to weight loss.

Noom Digital Health

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Noom Digital Health

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

In Noom Digital Health, participants will use a simplified version to log eating episodes and weight. Both conditions will receive the same weight loss advice content.

Interventions

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Noom Health

In Noom Health, participants will be encouraged to use the Noom app multiple times a day to log eating episodes, physical activity and weight. They will also have the ability to interact with coaches to receive advice and feedback specific to weight loss.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Noom Digital Health

In Noom Digital Health, participants will use a simplified version to log eating episodes and weight. Both conditions will receive the same weight loss advice content.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Participants must be interested in the Noom app
* BMI \> 27 kg/m2
* Ages of 18 and 60 at entry to the study
* Speak English

Exclusion Criteria

* Contraindication to smartphone use (e.g., seizures from prior smartphone use, do not own a smartphone)
* Acute suicide risk
* Pregnant or planning to become pregnant during the study
* Current Noom use
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Noom Inc.

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Tom Hildebrandt

Associate Professor and Chief of the Division of Eating & Weight Disorders

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Thomas Hildebrandt, PsyD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Locations

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Department of Psychiatry, Eating and Weight Disorders Program

New York, New York, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Sysko R, Bibeau J, Boyar A, Costello K, Michaelides A, Mitchell ES, Susanin A, Hildebrandt T. A 2.5-Year Weight Management Program Using Noom Health: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Aug 12;11(8):e37541. doi: 10.2196/37541.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35969439 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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GCO 20-2224

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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